Term 1 Week 7

Last week and this week on Thursdays we have been learning to speak Maori. We learned to say how we feel, we also learnt how to tell people who other people are.

We learnt different feelings we might feel. We used Maori dictionary to find out how to say Maori words in English. Some of them were Happy Harikoa, Sleepy Hiamoe, Excited Hiamo, Scared hopi, Hot Wera and Cold Makariri.

We learnt how to ask people who they are in week 6. Here is an example of a conversation:

Maori Translation:

"Ko wai ahau?" said Bob

"Ko John ahau," said John

"Ko wai ahau?" said John

"Ko Bob ahau," said Bob

English Translation:

"Who are you?" said Bob

"I am John," said John

"Who are you?" said John

"I am Bob," said Bob

We learnt how to ask people how they felt in week 6. Here is an example of a conversation:

Maori Translation:

"Kei te pehea koe?" said Bob

"Kei te pouri ahau," said John

"Kei te pehea koe?" said John

"Kei te riri ahau," said Bob

English Translation:

"How are you?" said Bob

"I am sad," said John

"How are you?" said John

"I am angry," said Bob

The other word we learnt was ingoa, which means name.

We will be learning more Maori through out the year, but this is all we have learnt so far in Room 20.