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.