Te peneneke kekena, vāvia ꞌuruꞌuru

Translating the first paragraph of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien,

Nā mua ka araara tātou nō runga i te ao o tēia tua. E oti ka ꞌuri te au tauiri ki roto i te reo Māori. E oti ka tū rātou ki mua kia ꞌakaaraiꞌia tā rātou tua ꞌou. E oti ka ꞌuriꞌ iaꞌakaꞌou mai ki roto i te reo Papaꞌā, kia vaitata rāi te ꞌuriꞌanga ki te papaꞌanga o te tuatua Māori.

Kua karo tātou i te au mea tūkēkē i roto i te au ꞌuriꞌanga.

Kua kite tātou ē kāre e taꞌi rāi te ꞌuriꞌanga inārā mānga tūkēkē te au ꞌuriꞌanga katoa.

Source Text:

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat:

It was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”

• Target language - Māori Kuki Airani

I roto i tetai vaarua ....

• Back Translate your text in Maori back to English

In a hole...

• Kimiꞌia tētaꞌ i tūtū ꞌei ꞌakareka i te kapi

• ꞌAkakite mai nō runga o tāꞌau ꞌuriꞌanga o tē au tuatua:

1. hole

2. hobbit

3. oozy smell

4. comfort