Te Kūri a Kupe:Tau Tekau

He mahi tēnei mā ngā ākonga o Tau 10. Start with: Te Kūri a Kupe 

Ngā Pātai mō te Pikitia – "War Speech"

Titiro ki ngā tāngata kei waenganui – e aha ana rātou?

He aha ngā tae o ngā kākahu o ngā tāngata? He rerekē rānei?

Titiro ki te taha matau o raro – kei te noho tētahi tangata. He aha pea tana mahi?

He aha kei te ringa o tētahi tangata i te pokapū?

Ka kite koe i tētahi waka? Kei hea?

Ngā Pātai mō te Pikitia – "War Speech"

(Questions about the Picture – “War Speech”)

Titiro ki te taha mauī o runga o te pikitia. Kei waenganui i te takutai me ngā maunga – ka kite koe i te auahi?

(Look at the top left of the picture. Between the beach and the mountains – can you see smoke?)

Titiro ki ngā tāngata kei waenganui – e aha ana rātou?

(Look at the people in the middle – what are they doing?)

He aha ngā kākahu o ngā tāngata? He rerekē rānei?

(What clothes are the people wearing? Are they different?)

Kei hea te kurī i te pikitia? He pēhea te āhua o te kurī?

(Where is the dog in the picture? What does the dog look like?)

Titiro ki te taha matau o raro – kei te noho tētahi tangata. He aha pea tana mahi?

(Look at the bottom right – someone is sitting. What might they be doing?)

E hia pea ngā tāngata kei te huihuinga?

(About how many people are at the gathering?)

E hia - Question phrase for quantity - How many?

pea - Particle for possibility/uncertainty - perhaps, maybe, about

ngā tāngata - Plural definite noun phrase - the people

kei te huihuinga - Locative phrase with continuous present tense marker - are at the gathering

He aha kei te ringa o tētahi tangata i te pokapū?

(What is in the hand of a person in the centre?)

Titiro ki ngā tāne e tū ana – he pēhea tō rātou āhua? He pukuriri rānei, he pōuri rānei?

(Look at the men who are standing – what is their expression like? Angry or sad?)

Ka kite koe i tētahi waka? Kei hea?

(Can you see a canoe? Where is it?)

He aha te tae o te rangi? He aha pea te huarere?

(What is the colour of the sky? What might the weather be like?)