Taku Akomanga Vocab

Watch the Mice are stirring on Reomations
to see how many words you know

The Mice are Stirring


Here is the script to check what you know

Transcript and Translation

Speaker	Māori	English
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen)	Ka oreore ngā kiore	The mice are stirring
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen)	Ka kuhu te kiore ki te rūma. Ka peke. Ka āta haere ia. Ka oma ki raro i ngā tūru. Ka tae ki ngā pukapuka. Ka piki ki runga. Ka peke ki te tēpu. Ka takahurihuri haere. Ka ohorere. Ka oma, ka heke ki raro. Ka kuhu ki roto i te kāpata.	The mouse enters the room. It jumps. It moves slowly. It runs under the chairs. It arrives at the books. It climbs on top. It jumps to the table. It turns around. It darts off. It runs and goes down. It goes into the cupboard.
Kiore	Ka oreore ko ngā kiore Ka oho, ka korikori e Kei te mahi tahi, te iti me te rahi Mai te ahiahi, ki te weherua pō! Āta nekeneke, āta nukunuku Kia tūpato, kia mataara Ki te ngeru weriweri O te kura nei!!	The mice are stirring. They wake up and move. They work together – the small ones and the big ones. From afternoon, to midnight! Moving slowly, moving carefully Be careful, keep watch For the awful cat Of this school!

Here are all the words in Te Reo for things around our classroom / taku akomanga

Try to learn them all and use them

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