Te reo Maaori - harder deck

Question 1

Ki te kore he paerewa e akiaki ana kia kauneke ake te reo o te tamaiti, e kore e pakari tōna matatau ki te reo i a ia i te kura

Answer 1

If there are no standards encouraging the language of the child to improve, her knowledge of the language will not develop.

Question 2

E kore tētahi reo o te ao nei e kore e panoni, ka whakaaweawetia mai taua reo rā e te reo e ponitaka ana i taua reo rā, pēnei i a tātau me te reo Pākehā

Answer 2

There isn’t a language of this world that doesn’t change and is influenced by the language that surrounds it, as we are with the English language.

Question 3

Kua aua atu te wā!

Answer 3

How long has it been!

Question 4

Te mahi a te tāngata

Answer 4

There were/are loads of people

Question 5

Āwhea mau ai tō iro?

Answer 5

When are you going to learn your lesson?

Question 6

Ka kai ana, ka karakia

Answer 6

Whenever we eat, we say karakia

Question 7

Nā te kurī au i mataku ai

Answer 7

It was because the dog scared me

Question 8

Tō matatau hoki!!

Answer 8

You are very skilled

Question 9

He waka tōna?

Answer 9

Does she have a waka?

Question 10

Kei whea te tētahi o kōrua?

Answer 10

Wheres the other one of you (two)

Question 11

He kirihimete pāti anō tāna

Answer 11

He has another christmas party

Question 12

I te korenga o te hoa

Answer 12

– if you friend doesnt come/ In the absence of your friend

Question 13

I roa i pāngia ana o te mate

Answer 13

he was sick for a long time.

Question 14

Kua mutu tana mamae ināianei

Answer 14

He’s not in pain any longer.

Question 15

Nōnawhea i mate ai?

Answer 15

When did they die?

Question 16

Nōnawhea a Tape i mate ai?

Answer 16

When did Tape die?

Question 17

Nō te pō rā or Inapō

Answer 17

last night

Question 18

I mate i te kāinga i karapotia ana i te whānau katoa

Answer 18

He died at home, surrounded by the whole family.

Question 19

Ka aroha te whanāu kua uwhia i te kākahu taratara

Answer 19

Sending love to the grieving family (who have been covered by the prickly coat of loss)

Question 20

Te tāpora: He pūtiotio, he kaitara tēnei papanga, whatua ai ki te kōaka, ki te hutu rānei

Answer 20

Hessian: This material is rough and course, and is woven with hemp and jute.

Question 21

Ka aroha te whānau kei raro i te kapua pouri

Answer 21

Love to the grieving family

Question 22

He maha ngā taonga whakatangitangi ka whakamahi rātou, pērā i te pūawanui me te pūtohe

Answer 22

They have a range of instruments that they play, including the trumpet and the saxophone.

Question 22

Ka mauria te tūpāpaku ki whea?

Answer 22

Where is the body being taken?

Question 22

Ko ngā turu o aua taonga he mea uhi ki te kākahu pūtiotio, he mea whiri

Answer 22

The chairs of that furniture were covered in rough woven cloth.

Question 23

I whakahoki ana te tūpāpaku ki te marae āpōpō ki reira tangihia ai

Answer 23

The deceased is being returned to the marae where they will be mourned

Question 24

Āwhea nehua ai ?

Answer 24

When will they be buried?

Question 25

A te taite e tū mai nei

Answer 25

This coming Thursday

Question 26

Māku o tātou hoa e whakamōhio

Answer 26

ill let our friends know

Question 27

Kua tae te kōrero ki a koe?

Answer 27

Have you heard the news?

Question 28

Nehua o raruraru

Answer 28

Bury your troubles

Question 29

Te uhi o te pukapuka

Answer 29

the book cover

Question 30

Kei te kai te pēpi i ngā rīwai. (active sentence- transitive verb- kai)

Answer 30

The baby is eating the potatoes.