riki wrote:He Kupu Hou - New Words
Kia Ora - Hi, bye
E, tēnā koe - Hey, greetings
Koe - you (singular)
Kōrua - you two (dual)
Koutou - you (plural)
Au/hau/wau - I/me
Katoa - All
Auē - Interjection of sadness
Kaiako - Teacher
Māori - Polynesian
hiakai - Hungry
hiawai - Thirsty (for water)
Koa - Joy, happy
Ātaahua - beautiful
Matenga - death, sickness
ata - morning
awatea - midday
ahiahi - afternoon
pō - night
noho - sit
tomo - enter
Haere mai - welcome
tika - correct
mea - thing
Ināianei - now
Ākuanei - soon
Āe - yes
Kāo - no
Ingoa - name
Ingoa mōkai- nickname
Pai - good
Kino - bad
Tino kino - really bad
Pēhea - how
riki wrote:He Kupu Hōu
kē = already
rāua = they (dual)
rātou = they (plural)
ika = fish = Indon. ikan
kūmara = sweet potato
hōiho = horse
maika = banana
kau = cow (English borrowing)
reka = sweet, delicious, nice (of taste)
Mōhio = to know
Wā = Time
Kai = food
whare hoko = shop
hoko = to buy, to sell, to trade, to barter
ākuanei = soon
wahine = female
tāne = male
matua = father (parent)
whaea = mother
whenua = land, placenta
tamaiti = child
pai = nice, lovely, good
himene = hymn
whanga = bay, harbour
kia ora = thankyou
āpōpō = tomorrow
hua manu = egg
kiko = meat
oneone = beach
rama = torch
noho = to sit, stay, live
kai = to eat
silverwings 88 wrote:Wow... I was skimming through the lessons, and I thought it was cool it had a name marker...
Since it exists in Tagalog as well!
I noho a Kewina ki nga maunga.
Umupo si Kevyn sa mga (manga) bundok.
Kevyn sat on the mountain.
Other lots of distant similarities makes learning fun! I'm genuinely interested! Will come back later...
Kia ora!
riki wrote:He Kupu Hōu
pukapuka - book
mangō = shark
nāianei = soon (without delay)
āpōpō = tomorrow
ātaahua = beautiful
aha = what = Indon apa
ahiahi = afternoon
ana = cave, den
ara, huarahi, huanui = road, path = indon. jalan
aka = root = Indon. akar
awatea = midday
hau = wind, breeze
whoatu, tuku = to give, to lend
hōiho = horse
honu = turtle
kekeno = seal (zoological)
horo = to be swift
ihu = nose = Indon idung
mata = eye = Indon. mata
kanohi, mata = face
iwi = bone
kāinga = home, homeland, land
iti = small
ita, kaha, ngoi = to be strong
takoto = to lie down
moe = to sleep
karanga = to call
kata = to laugh = Indon. ketawa
kimi = to search, to investigate
mākona = to be satisfied, of eating food
mea = thing
riki wrote:He Kupu Hōu
āe - yes (more correctly translated as 'yes, that is correct')
Ākonga - student
Ama - windward side of the canoe
Aroha - charity, love, care, respect, appreciate
Haere - to go, to journey, to leave, to come
Kī - to say, to tell
Kīngitanga - Kingdom
Koa - Please, to rejoice, to be happy
Whare kura - School (lit. learning house, studying house, teaching house)
Mārama - to understand
Mataku - to be afraid
Mate - to die, to desire - Indon. mati
Mea - to say, to do
Poaka/puaka - pig
Taiwhanga - room
Ao - daylight, day
Rā - Day
Tangi - to cry, also alphabet - Indon. tangis
Whānau - family
Whare kai - restaurant, food house
ūropā - Europe
Wai - water, who
Waka - canoe, ship, car
Waka rererangi - aeroplane
Tēpu - tables
hītore - history
Mai - from, directional particle inferring "towards the speaker"
Manu - bird
Hua manu - egg
riki wrote:Hi lapulapu,
the majority of New Zealand Māori dialects don't use glottal stops. Glottal stops are marked using ' e.g.
'Aere mai.
Noho ora mai
Riptide wrote:Hey, I've noticed that when two vowels are together, they make a single vowel sound in many cases. Can someone explain why this is and what are some of the "combinations" of vowels I should know? For example, when an "o" is followed by a "u", it sounds like a mid vowel between o and u, but is that a correct assumption to make?
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