phrases Flashcards
hello
kia ora
What is your name?
Ko wai tō ingoa?
What is your surname/family?
Ko wai tō whānau?
Where are you from?
Nō hea koe?
good morning
mōrena / ata mārie
good night
pō mārie
kia pai te rā
have a good day
goodbye (to person leaving)
haere rā
goodbye (to person staying)
e noho rā
goodbye (said by either person)
he konei rā
goodbye (on telephone/email - not in person)
he konā rā
ka kite anō i a koe/kōrua/koutou
see you again
see you later at some point in the future
mā te wā
Kei hea tō kāinga?
Where is your home (now)?
Where do you live?
…and you? (in reply to question)
…me koe?
Ko wai tō ingoa?
What is your name?
My name is Kelly.
Ko Kelly taku ingoa.
Ko wai tō whānau?
What is your family?
My family is Atkinson.
Ko Atkinson taku whānau.
Nō hea koe?
Where are you from (past)?
I’m from Arizona.
Nō Arizona ahau.
Kei Ōwairaka taku kāinga.
I live in Ōwairaka.
I don’t have __family member___.
Kāore aku __family member___.
Kāore au i te mohio.
I don’t know.
Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?
Kei te pēhea koe?
How are you?
How are you?
Kei te pēhea koe?
Kei te pai ahau!
I am good!
I am good!
Kei te pai ahau!
I am hungry
Kei te hiakai ahau
Kei te hiakai ahau
I am hungry
Nō hea tō matua?
Who is your father?
Who is your father?
Nō hea tō matua?
Hei pātai ā koutou?
Do you all have questions?
a/o rule
o = what you have control over (open arms out front) a = what has control over you (arms form an A to sides)
Which a/o for tamariki?
a
Which a/o for siblings and friends?
o
I have a sister (one)
He teina taku.
I have sisters (more than one)
He tēina aku.
Who are your sisters?
Ko wai ō tēina?
My sisters are Hope and Faith
Ko Hope rāua ko Faith aku tēina.
My brothers are Larry, Moe, and Curly
Ko Larry rātou ko Moe ko Curly aku tēina.
He _____
start of a descriptive sentence
Ko _____
start of a definitive sentence
He kaiako ia.
She (or he) is a teacher.
He kikorangi tēnei.
This is blue.
He kikorangi tēnei pene.
This pen is blue.
What is that (over there)?
He aha tērā?
That (over there) is an umbrella.
He hamarara tērā.
What is that (by you)?
He aha tēnā?
This (by me) is a cell phone.
He waea pūkoro tēnei.
What is this (by me)?
He aha tēnei?
That (by you) is a fish.
He ika tēnā.
This is a blue pen.
He pene kikorangi tēnei.
Ko taku pene tēnei.
This is my pen.
This is my car.
Ko taku waka tēnei.
That (over there) is your bag.
Ko tō pēke tērā.
My car is blue.
He kikorangi taku waka.
Your bag is small.
He iti tō pēke.
How many things?
E hia ngā mea?
How many people?
Tokohia ngā tāngata?
There is one person.
Kotahi te tangata.
There are (2-9) people.
Toko(#) ngā tangata.
stick together - tokorua etc
There are (10+) people.
(Tekau #) ngā tangata.
E hia ngā āporo?
How many apples are there?
How many apples are there?
E hia ngā āporo?
There is one apple.
Kotahi te āporo.
Kotahi te āporo.
There is one apple.
There are two apples.
E rua ngā āporo.
E rua ngā āporo.
There are two apples.
When to use “E”?
For numbers (or first word of the number) that has only one long vowel or two short vowels. This includes #s 2-9.
