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Starting out - what is language learning?
Starting out - what is language learning?
How did you learn to speak English? Did you speak immediately or did you have 2 to 3 years mainly listening and watching what happened after things were said? Did you match words to their contexts? How did you do it? Unfortunately most of us have forgotten once we get older! But one thing is absolutely required and that is repeated exposure to a language - that means hearing the same words and phrases over and over again in contexts that are relevant to what is being said.
Learning a language can be challenging, especially if you are not surrounded by that language everyday (you can hear te reo everyday, if you want by accessing the amazing resources online - youtube, Māori TV, Te Reo TV etc), but if you apply some useful strategies you can do it! First, let's get a sense of how different languages can sound, then listen to some advice from other language learners.
Languages in the world
Languages in the world
Most languages belong to a language family, or, are related to other languages. For example, there are many similar and shared words in French English and Italian, and often similar language structures - from the order of words to language features. Te Reo Māori is part of the Asia-Pacific language family group. The relationships languages have with each other can be understood as a whakapapa - genealogy.
Before we look at different ways iwi groups can speak te reo Māori let's listen to different languages in the world - do any sound like te reo Māori
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