Week 2 Term 2: "tari" (office/department)

Anei te kupu o te wiki: Tari.

 

Here is the word of the week: Tari (Office/department)

 

You can use it as :

 

I am going to the Tari

Her Tari is tidy

Te Tari o Putaiao - The Science Department/Office.

 

Maori language week is Monday 1 – Sunday 7 July, week 9 this term and the theme this year is Ngā Ingoa Māori/Māori names. We are trying to use as many names of places around school as we can.

 

Feel free to kōrero to myself, Terri-Leigh, Stephen or Alisha about these

kupu hou/new words.  Maori is our 2nd official language since 1987 and its one of the things that is unique about NZ so I encourage you to use it.

Aidan

Week 1 Term 2: "kura" (school)

New term!

Kura
noun. school

This term we will be focusing on places because Maori language week is at the end of the term and Maori place names is the kaupapa. To meet halfway we are going to be doing names of places.

Also attached is a word document that has all of the words from last term so you can print them off cut it horizontally so you have two copies then fold it in half so you have a bookmark-type piece of paper. The school motto is on the back with the school kapa haka logo. We use this verse as an end prayer after kapa haka.

There is also an address to a maori dictionary and a grammar site which is quite helpful and to check to make sure I am actually teaching you Maori and not something I have made up.

Ma te Atua e tiaki e manaaki i a koutou i tenei wahanga.

May the lord look after and watch over you this term.

Week 12 Term 1: "tika" (true)

tika
1. (stative) be correct, straight, true, direct, keep on a direct course, upright, right, just, fair, accurate, appropriate, lawful, proper.
2. (noun) truth, correctness, directness, justice, fairness, righteousness.

You can say a pupil's answer is "tika" (correct), or talk about their behaviour not being "tika" (fair/just) for the rest of the class.

Extension: 
the prefix "whaka-" means "to cause something to happen".
Hence

• with rongo (hear): "whakarongo" - to cause to hear (i.e. to listen)
• with kite (see): "whakakite" - to cause to see (i.e. to display or show)

You can use this with "tika".

• whakatika: to cause to be correct / true / right / appropriate / proper - "to correct or fix".

Week 11 Term 1: "haere" (go)

Haere

1.(verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to go, depart, travel, walk, continue, come (when followed by mai).
2.(noun) journey, trip.

Haere ra - Goodbye to someone leaving.

 

Examples of how to use:

 

We are going for a haere to Akaroa for Year 12 History

Pupils getting restless from work you can say "haere" - continue

 

Extension:

mai - towards me

atu - away from me

tonu - keep/still

 

Haere mai - come here

Haere atu - go away

Haere tonu - keep going

Week 9 Term 1: "rangatahi" (youth)

Ko te kupu o te wiki Ko rangatahi.

 

You say it like ra/nga/ta/hi or rung-ah with a rolling 'r' and tahi as in one in Maori. 

 

rangatahi = (noun) younger generation, youth.

Hei tauira/For example

 

1. Kia ora rangatahi ma - Hello teenagers

Kia ora (hello) rangatahi (teenagers/youth) ma (means "and incorporated")

- you can use rangatahi (teenagers) instead of tamariki (children)

 

2. Rangatahi, karawhuia - teenagers give it heaps.

 

3. Rangatahi, do you have any pātai?

 

4. Rangatahi whakarongo mai, titiro mai - Teenagers listen and look this way.

 

5. Where are my rangatahi.

 

6. (Scene Hanmer) Wow have you seen all the rangatahi from Middleton? They are everywhere!

 

If you have forgotten the words from previous weeks they are:

 

mahi-work

korero-talk, speak

hui-gather, meeting, to meet,

pātai-question

kaupapa-topic, subject

karawhiua-give it heaps

mihi-greet

rangatahi-teenager

 

Kia pai to ra, kia pai te Aranga hoki, ma te Atua e manaaki e tiaki i a koutou katoa 

-Have a good day, and a good Easter also, may the lord look watch over and look after you all.

Week 8 Term 1: "mihi" (greeting)

mihi

This week's kupu is mihi - to greet or acknowledge. Can be used as a verb "I'd like to mihi this table group for getting quickly on with the task and coming up with some really good pātai about today's kaupapa" or a noun "Thanks for your mihi, have a seat" (if pupils stand when you enter).

Pronunciation: Technically the letter "i" in te reo Maori sounds like "ee", but in words like "mihi" the first "i" sound is more like the "mi" from "mitten" (for flow of speech). So if you were reading it as an English word, it would look more like "mi-hee".

To "learn your mihi" or to "give your mihi" refers to the wee mini-speech of introduction that gives info on your background and whanau. This was discussed a bit last year - new staff or interested staff let us know if you want a hand preparing one to do with your pupils. The concept of a "visual mihi" (photographs/slides to illustrate your speech) was discussed last year too, let us know if you want to know more! Especially Aidan, as he ran a couple of optional PD sessions on it last year.

Week 7 Term 1: "karawhiua" (go hard!)

karawhiua!

(verb) give it everything! sock it to them! go for it! give it heaps!

It is said ka-ra-whiu-a, or if you were saying these English words: "car-da-few-ah"

Extras for Experts or those who are a bit more confident and know how to use those directional words "mai" - towards me(speaker) and "atu" - away from me(speaker)

karawhiua mai

(verb) bring it on, sock it to me - an idiom.

karawhiua atu

go ahead and do it then, go ahead then, go on then, go for it, give it heaps - an idiom used to warn someone that if they go ahead and do something problems will result. Sometimes said to someone who will not listen or take advice.

Have fun using te kupu o te wiki

karawhiua!

Week 6 Term 1: "kaupapa" (topic)

kaupapa (pronounced "koe" as in toe - "papa" as in papa)

It means topic, policy, matter for discussion, plan, scheme, proposal, agenda, subject, programme, theme.

So you could say:

• "the kaupapa for today's hui is student achievement"
• "Is your kōrero about today's kaupapa? No? Didn't think so. You should fix that"
• Specially for Judi Lawrence: "write down as many different pātai about today's kaupapa as you can in fifteen minutes"

Week 5 Term 1: "mahi" (work)

pātai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to ask, question, enquire, provoke, challenge.
2. (noun) query, question.

Here are some examples:

• Does anyone have any pātai?
• I have a/some pātai for you
• That is a good pātai!

Week 4 Term 1: "hui" (meeting)

hui

1.(verb) (-a) to gather, congregate, assemble, meet.

2.(noun) gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference.

Here are some ways you can use it.

• sorry mate can't do that I have a hui
• we will hui at K101
• or Ian Goddard's favourite "too much hui not enough doey!"

Extension: for those who know mai and atu, the directional words, you can use

• hui mai - gather around
• hui atu - gather over there/away from you the speaker

Week 3 Term 1: "kōrero" (talk)

kōrero

1.(verb)  to tell, say, speak, read, talk, address.

2.(noun) speech, narrative, story, news, account, discussion, conversation, discourse.

 

If you can't roll your r then you can substitute a soft "d" for the r. e.g. Kodedo.

 

Usage in class:

 

I would like to kōrero with you

Kōrero mai (talk to me)

I don't like that kōrero

Let's focus our kōrero on the work we are doing today

Week 2 Term 1: "mahi" (work)

mahi
1. (verb) (-ngia,-a) to work, do, perform, make, accomplish, practise, raise (money).

2. (noun) work, job, employment, trade (work), practice, occupation, activity, exercise, operation.

Mahi can be used as a noun or a verb; 

• "do some mahi"
• "going to mahi"
• "show me your mahi"
• "it's time to mahi"

As a command, stick an "a" on the end: "mahia!" (work!)

As is the case with other nouns, mahi can be combined with descriptors.

mahi kainga: homework