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.

Choose 5 phrases or sentences that you wish to learn and add these to your learning log. Learn the Pronouns, reflect on the ones you do not already know. Add this reflection to your learning log. Now make connections between this page and prior learning, what have you seen before? Concider this sentence: "E hia ngā tāngata e hīkoi ana i te ara? — How many people are walking on the path?" what do you recognise, what is new?

Ahau / au – I, me

Māua – He/She and I (exclusive) Ahau + ia

Mātou – Us but not you (exclusive) Ahau + Rāua +

Tāua – You and I (inclusive) Ahau + koe

Tātou – All of us (inclusive) Ahau + koe + ia +

Ko koe – You (1 person)

Kōrua – You two

Koutou – You all

Ia (ia)– He / She / Him / Her

Rāua – They two

Rātou – They (3+)

Choose 5 phrases or sentences that you wish to learn and add these to your learning log. Learn the Pronouns, reflect on the ones you do not already know. Add this reflection to your learning log. Now make connections between this page and prior learning, what have you seen before? Concider this sentence: "E hia ngā tāngata e hīkoi ana i te ara? — How many people are walking on the path?" what do you recognise, what is new?

Hint: (Copied from the Tamariki page)

Kei te is used for actions happening right now.
Example: Kei te ako rātou. (They are learning.)

Ka is used for future actions or general habits.
Example: Ka haere au ki te kura. (I will go to school.)

I is used for completed actions in the past.
Example: I kai mātou. (We ate.)

I te is used for actions that were happening in the past.
Example: I te tākaro ngā tamariki. (The children were playing.)

Kua is used for actions that have just been completed.
Example: Kua tae mai ia. (She has arrived.)

E…ana is another way to show an action is happening now.
Example: E pānui ana te kaiako. (The teacher is reading.)

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