Term 3, Week 2
Tena koutou, tamariki ma.
Haere mai i Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori,
Think about the boy's speech we saw on the NZ Herald website last week. He challenged New Zealanders to know at least 150 words in te reo by the time they left primary school.
Here are some of the words or kupu for objects in our akomanga:
Māori vocabulary
|
English translation
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|---|---|
| akomanga | classroom |
| kaiako | teacher |
| kāpata | cupboard |
| karaka | clock |
| kūaha | door |
| kura | school |
| kutikuti | scissors |
| makatiti | stapler |
| matapihi, wini | window |
| mea | thing |
| papamā | whiteboard |
| papatuhituhi | blackboard |
| peita | paint |
| pēke | bag |
| pene | pen |
| pene hinu | crayon |
| pene rākau | pencil |
| pepa | paper |
| pikitia | picture |
| pukapuka | book |
| raiti | light |
| rapa, ūkui | rubber |
| rorohiko | computer |
| rūri | ruler |
| tēpu | table |
| tūru | chair |
| whāriki | mat |
Try learning some of these to use at home this week, and in our classroom. You might like to teach your whanau/family some te reo too!
Post a comment telling our class if you agree or disagree with what the boy said in his speech. Make sure you give a reason for your thoughts!
Readathon!!
Practise pronouncing Maori names of places as you read around New Zealand or Aotearoa.
I do agree with the boy because I do think that we should know at least 150 words by the end of primary school. A.D
ReplyDeleteNgā mihi nui ki a koutou e tautoko ana I te Reo māori. - Mrs NT
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the boy because only 4% of NZ speak fluent maori and our culture makes us who we are.
ReplyDeleteAb.P
Good idea for putting some maori words on our blog
ReplyDeleteRiley
I know lots of those objects of our akomanga but i still need to know some more
ReplyDeleteI agree with the boy because only 4% of our country speaks fluent Maori and our language is endangered.
ReplyDeleteRiley
I also agree with the boy because we should know 150 words by the end of primary school. I.M
ReplyDeleteI made a chart of maori words. I got 104 maori words already.
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