Ko wai ō hoa? - Who are your friends?

Learning Objectives for this term:

Unit plan: https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Teacher-tools/Te-reo-Maori-lesson-plans/Curriculum-level-2/Ko-wai-o-hoa-Who-are-your-friends

Please refer to the lesson planning

Printable Resources

FAMILY

Achievement objective

I can communicate about relationships between people.

Learning intentions

• I can use the pronoun 'rāua' to join 2 people’s names

• I can use the pronoun 'rātou' to join 3 or more people’s names.

• I can understand, and use, the pronoun 'taku' to show possession of one thing.

• I can understand, and use the pronoun 'aku' to show possession of more than one thing.

Key Vocabulary and Phrases:

Ko wai? - Who?

hoa - friend

tākaro - to play or a game

hoa tākaro - playmate/team mate

rātou is a pronoun and refers to groups of three or more people that the speaker is referring to.

rāua is a pronoun and refers to two people that the speaker is referring to.

aku - plural 'my' - shows possession/connection to more than one thing/person 'my'

taku - singlular 'my' - shows possession/connection to one thing/person 'my'

tō - singular 'your' - shows relationship/connection to one person/thing 'your'

ō - plural 'your' - shows relationship/connection to more than one person/thing 'your'

SINGULAR - one person

Ko wai tō hoa? Who is your friend? Ko Macy taku hoa. Macy is my friend. Anei taku hoa, Macy. This is my friend, Macy.

Ko wai tō māmā? Who is your Mum? Ko Sally taku māmā. Sally is my mum. Anei taku hoa, Sally. This is my mum, Sally.

Ko wai tō hoa? Who is your friend? Ko Mereana taku hoa. My friend is Mereana. Anei taku hoa, Mereana. This is my friend, Mereana.

PLURAL - two people

Ko wai ō hoa tākaro? Who are your team mates?

Ko Merena, rāua ko Amo aku hoa tākaro. My team mates are Mereana and Amo.

Ko wai ō mātua? Who are your parents?

Ko Harry rāua ko Phillipa aku mātua. My parents are Tau and Phillipa.

PLURAL - more than two people

Ko wai ō hoa tākaro? Who are your team mates?

Ko Merena, rātou ko Amo, ko Huia, ko Pou aku hoa tākaro. My team mates are Mereana, Amo, Huia and Pou.

Replace ‘hoa tākaro’ with family and other terms:

Ko wai ō kaiako? Who are your teachers?

Ko ____, rātou ko ____, ko ____ aku kaiako. My teachers are ____, ____ and ____.