Greetings - Formal and informal
Students are learning to use formal and informal language particularly in greetings and farewells:
To Greet people both formally and informally. Apply formal and informal farewells appropriately
Te reo Ōkawa - Formal language
Te reo Ōpaki - Informal language
Intro: Waiata - Tēnā koe
Tēnā koe hello to one
Tēnā kōrua hello to two
Tēnā koutou hello to all
Haere mai everyone
Haere mai everyone
Formal greetings / Ngā mihi Ōkawa
Tēnā koe - Hello (to one person)
Tēnā kōrua - Hello (to two people)
Tēnā koutou - Hello (to more than two people)
Ata mārie - good morning
Informal greetings: Ngā mihi Ōpaki
Kia ora - be well
Mōrena - good morning
Formal farewells: Poroporoaki Ōkawa
Haere rā - If you are staying and you are saying it to someone leaving
E noho rā - If you are saying goodbye to someone staying
Hei kōnei ra - If you are saying goodbye to someone staying
Informal farewells: Poroporoaki Ōpaki
Ka kite - See you
Ka kite anō - See you again
Pō mārie - good night
Poroporoaki, poroporoaki - we bid you farewell
Mai Ukutoia - from our families of Pt England
ki tō kainga e - to you and your homeland
poroporoaki e - we bid you farewell
Lets practise...
