Read: Tamariki 

Choose 5 phrases or sentences that you wish to learn. Pick things that you might already say often.

For example:

1. Horoi ō ringaringa i mua i te kai. Wash your hands before eating.

2. Kua mutu te kai? Finished eating? 

3. Tatari mō tō wā. Wait for your turn.

4. Kua tae mai te wā moe. Sleep time has arrived.

5. Ko wai tō ingoa? What is your name?

Or use the Sentence Builder:

1. Te Reo Māori: Kei te oma ahau. English: I am running.

2. Te Reo Māori: I pānui ahau. English: I read.

3. Te Reo Māori: Kua mahi rāua. English: Those two have worked.

4. Te Reo Māori: I ngenge kōrua. English: You two were tired.

5. Te Reo Māori: Ka kai tātou. English: We all will eat.

Copy and paste the 5 phrases or sentences into your learning log and start learning them off by heart.

Screen Capture the Quiz with all correct answers for your record of learning.

Kei te – is/are doing (present continuous)
Ka – will do / does (future or habitual)
I – did (past completed)
I te – was doing (past continuous)
Kua – has done / just did (perfect aspect)
E…ana – is/are doing (present continuous, alternative to kei te)

ako – to learn
pānui – to read
tuhi – to write
kai – to eat
oma – to run
tākaro – to play
horoi – to clean
noho – to sit/stay
haere – to go
kite – to see
whakarongo – to listen
kōrero – to speak/talk

au / ahau – I, me
koe – you (1 person)
ia – he/she
mātou – we/us (excluding listener)
tātou – we/us (including listener)
rātou – they/them
tamariki – children
kaiako – teacher
ākonga – student