Learn Māori

Question 1

Find an experienced and renowned tutor or lecturer

Answer 1

Me kimi kaiako mātau, tautōhito hoki

Question 2

Find a friend to learn with you

Answer 2

Me kimi hoa ako

Question 3

Learn words and phrases you will use regularly

Answer 3

Me ako kupu kōrero e hāngai ana

Question 4

Watch Māori language learning programmes on television

Answer 4

Me mātaki i ngā kaupapa ako reo ki runga pouaka whakaata

Question 5

Listen to Māori language learning programmes on the radio

Answer 5

Me whakarongo hoki ki ngā kaupapa ako reo ki runga reo irirangi

Question 6

Look for an immersion learning programme

Answer 6

Me kimi kaupapa rumaki

Question 7

Continue to imitate the language style of your tutor and expert speakers

Answer 7

Me tāwhai tonu i te reo o tō kaiako, o te hunga mātau hoki

Question 8

Find Māori-speaking friends, especially ones more fluent than yourself

Answer 8

Me kimi hoa kōrero Māori, mātau ake i a koe

Question 9

Begin to garnish and adorn your language

Answer 9

Me timata koe ki te whakarāwai, me te whakanikoniko i tō reo

Question 10

Practice saying these Māori vowels

Answer 10

Whakahuatia ā-waha ēnei oro o te reo Māori

Question 11

Practice saying these famous Māori words

Answer 11

Whakahuatia ā-waha ēnei kupu Māori rongonui nei

Question 12

Now, find the meanings of these Māori words

Answer 12

Ināianei, kimihia te tikanga o ēnei kupu Māori

Question 13

Find the meanings of each of these words

Answer 13

Kimihia te tikanga o ēnei kupu Māori

Question 14

Practice saying these Māori place names out loud

Answer 14

Whakahuatia ā-waha ēnei wāhi o te motu

Question 15

Pactice saying these word pairs

Answer 15

Whakahuatia ā-waha ēnei takirua o te reo Māori

Question 16

Imitate what you are hearing

Answer 16

Tāwhaitia te reo e rongo ana koe

Question 17

Turn to the website. There’s a guide for all the words used in this week’s pronunciation exercises.

Answer 17

E huri ki te ipurangi. Kei reira ngā kupu katoa o tēnei wiki e whakahuatia ana.

Question 18

It would be great if you could use your cellphone to record yourself, so you can listen to what you sound like

Answer 18

Ko te painga atu, mēnā ka whakamahi koe i tō kawe reo ki te hopu i tō whakahua hei whakarongotanga anō māu

Question 19

From the pairs list, you’ve been practising, write the words you don’t understand and their meanings

Answer 19

Mai i te rārangi kupu takirua, kātahi anō ka whakahuatia e koe, tuhia ngā kupu kāore e mārama ana ki a koe me ā rātou whakamārama

Question 20

Find the meanings of the proverbs you learnt yesterday

Answer 20

Kimihia te whakamārama tīka mō ngā whakatauki i ako ai koe inanahi

Question 21

Write the Māori word for each number

Answer 21

Tuhia te kupu Māori mō ia nama

Question 22

Match the (ordinal) number to it’s correct meaning

Answer 22

Honoa te nama ki tōna whakamārama tika

Question 23

Answer the question about each picture

Answer 23

Whakautua te pātai mō ia whakaahua

Question 24

Translate these sentences into English or Māori

Answer 24

Whakapākehātia / Whakamāoritia rānei ēnei rerenga kōrero

Question 25

Translate these sentences into Māori. Use the word give (to me) or give (away from me) at the start of each sentence

Answer 25

Whakamāoritia ēnei rerenga kōrero. Whakamahia te kupu ‘hōmai’ / ‘hōatu rānei, ki te timatanga

Question 26

Listen to the sample dialogue on the website you’ve been practicing, and imitate what you hear

Answer 26

Whakarongo ki te tauira kōrero
e whakahuatia ana i runga ipurangi, ā tāwhaitia

Question 27

Look at the following 3 pictures: Practice asking, Where are you going?

Answer 27

Tirohia ngā whakaahua e toru. Haratautia te pātai, ‘Kei te haere koe ki hea? / Ki hea tō haere?

Question 28

Complete these sentences by finding the correct Māori word.
Choose your Māori word from the words in the circle

Answer 28

Whakaotia ēnei rerenga kōrero ki te kupu Māori e tika ana. Tipakohia tō kupu Māori i ngā kupu i te porohita

Question 29

Translate the sample dialogue between Māka and Mere

Answer 29

Whakamāoritia te tauira kōrero i waenganui i a Māka rāua ko Mere.

Question 31

It’s a pleasure to meet you. Catch you later

Answer 31

Ka pai te tūtaki ki a koe, mā te wā

Question 32

Choose the correct sentences to complete the dialogue between Atawhai and Rāwinia

Answer 32

Kōwhiria ngā rerenga kōrero e tika ana hei whakaoti i te kōrero i waenganui i a Atawhai rāua ko Rāwinia

Question 33

Learn these 3 colloquialisms that acknowledge the effort of someone

Answer 33

Akohia ēnei kīwaha e toru hei whakamihi i te tangata

Question 34

Negate these sentences

Answer 34

Whakakāhoretia ēnei rerenga kōrero

Question 35

Is she going to read?
Yes, she loves doing that

Answer 35

Ka pānui pukapuka ia?
Āe. Koirā tana tino mahi

Question 36

Match te English sentence with the correct Māori sentence

Answer 36

Honoa te rerenga kōrero Pākehā ki te rerenga kōrero Māori tika

Question 37

Insert the appropriate pronoun

Answer 37

Whakaurua te tūpou tika

Question 38

Choose the correct possessive

Answer 38

Kōwhiria te pūriro tika

Question 39

Trace your genealogy right back to your grandparents and down to your children.

Answer 39

Makenutia tō whakapapa, tae atu ki ō koroua me ō kuia, heke iho ki ō tamariki