Whakatauki Flashcards
He manako te kouri i kore ai
The crayfish doesn’t jump in the net just because you wish for it to
Ko te teo Kia rere
Ko te reo kia tiki
Ko te Reo Kia maori
The language needs to be heard far and wide
The language needs to be correct
The language needs to be Maori in ethos
Mua kiakai muri hahre
Early bird gets the warm
Kaore te kumara e korero mo tona aka
The kumara doesn’t speak of its sweetness
Iti rearea kuhikatea ka taea
Even small bellbird can ascend the heights of the kahikatatea
Ka pu te ruha ka hai te rangatahi
As the old net withers another is remade
Okea ururoatia
Never say die
Ko roimata ka hupe nga Kai utu i nga a tenei tongata nui a aitua
Tears of discharge from the nose are the avengers of the blows of the great calamity
Ko pae ta whiti whaia kia tata
Ko te pae Tata whakamaua kia Tina
Seek to bring distance horizon closer sustain and maintain those that have arrived
Ka puta matariki ka rere whanui ko te tohu o te tau
Matariki appears as whanui flees this is a sign of the new year
E koekoe te koko
E ketekete te kaka
E kuku te kerrru
The parson bird chatters
The parrot gabbles
The wood pigeon coos
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari ia toa takitini ke
My success is not mine alone but rather is one of the collective
