Greetings in Te Reo Maori

LI: to create a display poster that shows people the difference between tena koe, tena korua and tena koutou.

Our focus for the Te Reo Maori challenge this week was to talk about the difference between tena koe, tena korua and tena koutou when greeting people. Tena koe is a way of greeting one person alone. For example, when I meet one of my friends I say "Tena koe, kei te pehea koe?". By adding "kei te pehea koe?" to the greeting, you ask how your friend is. 

Tena korua is a greeting to two people. If I am with two of my teachers, I say: "Tena korua (teachers name) & (teachers name), he aha ake?". He aha ake means what are we doing? You can say this when speaking to two people. 

Tena koutou katoa is another greeting but to three or more people. An example of this is "Tena koutou katoa, kei te pehea koe?" which translates to "Hello everyone, how are you?". 

Matariki Brochure

LI: to design an information brochure about Matariki.

This activity about Matariki was based off of creating an information brochure about what Matariki is, how it is celebrated and gives people a general idea of how it originated. With our partners, we chose a story about the creation of Matariki, then wrote about it in our brochure. A brochure should be able to fold into three sections with information on each side. Usually during the time of Matariki, people preserve and eat foods they harvest. I enjoyed this activity because I already know many things about Matariki.

Maori

LI: to learn where the suburbs of New Zealand are located.

Our focus this week was based on looking at the locations of suburbs in New Zealand. We translated the Maori names into English using the help of the Maori Dictionary. After translating the Maori places, we noted the places down and put them on a map. I enjoyed this activity because I learned what the Maori names for places were.

Revision

LI: to revise Te Reo Maori.

Today's lesson was about revising Te Reo Maori. The questions we had to answer were "He aha te huarere inaianei?, Ko wai o hoa?, Ko wai o mahita?, Ko wai to mama?, Ko wai to papa?, Kei hea to hoa?, Kei hea te Kuini o Ingarangi?, Kei hea koe?, Kei hea whaea Odie?, Kei hea o mahita?". Each of these questions hve been answered before and out of memory, again. After answering these questions, we played memories. Memoriese is a game where some cards are faced down on a table and we flip them over, trying to match the cards. If the cards do match, we need to say the Maori name for the object.

Maori Place Names

LI: to translate Maori place names into English.

This challenge was based on translating some Maori place names into English. Some of Maori places like: Tamaki-Makau-Rau, we already knew. However, some other Maori places we didn't know. If we weren't sure of the English name, we could use the Maori Dictionary which helps us translate Maori words into English or vice versa. I enjoyed this challenge because I learnt some Maori place names.

Maori

Today, I learnt about the Te Reo Maori names for different places in the North Island.

First, I completed the daily routine activity that consisted of different questions in Te Reo Maori like: 'He aha te ra apopo?' (What is the date tomorrow?), 'He aha te huarere?' (What is the weather?) and 'Koe wai o hoa?' (Who are your friends?).

After that, I translated the Maori places into English. We used the process of elimination to make it easier for us. 

I enjoyed this weeks session with Whaea Odie. One thing I can work on is to find out the meanings of the different places in Maori quickly.

LI: to translate Maori words into English.

Maori | Names of Places

I was translating the Maori names for places in New Zealand.

First, we went over the daily routine and answered these questions: 'He aha inanahi', 'He aha te huarere inanahi' and 'Kei te pehea koe'. 

After this, we translated. We used different sites to find out the meanings of places and the translation. One of the places were: Rangitoto and it translates to: the day the nose of Tamatekapua was bloodied. 

I enjoyed this weeks session and I learnt about the different meanings of places around New Zealand.

LI: to understand the Maori letters and phonics to translate everday phrases and names.

Maori Conversations | Names

Our session's focus with Whaea Odie was understanding what letters and phonics are changed, and what they are changed to in order to write names in Maori properly. Another focus was to translate everyday conversations into english.

The first part of our task was to look at the list of names in Maori and the english translations of those names. The english names were not in the right place, so the Maori names and the english names were incorrect. We applied our knowledge of Maori letters and phonics to translate the names correctly without using the Maori Dictionary. 

Some of the letters that are changed when writing in Maori are J (which is changed to an H), D (which is changed to an a T), D and L (which is changed to an R) and V (Which is changed to a W). To translate a name like June in Maori, we looked at the letters and changed the J to an H. Therefore, June in Maori is Hune.

The second part of our task was to translate everday phrases into english. There were phrases such as 'Tena kotou katoa' and 'Kia ora e hoa'. We used the Maori dictionary to translate these phrases.

I really enjoyed learning about the what letters and phonics are changed to in order to write in Maori. I enjoyed this experience and worked hard to expand my Maori vocabulary. One thing I think I could work on is my Maori pronounciation.

LI: to understand the Maori letters and phonics to translate everday phrases and names.

Kapa Haka Performance | Maori Traditon

I watched a kapa haka performance.

First, some people from the kapa haka group performed an entrance ceremony dance. In this dance they sang a waiata and danced. The group introduced us to the Maori traditional weapons. They used poi and ti rakau. A poi is a ball stuck onto a rope. A ti rakau is a medium-length stick. Both of these weapons use the wrist movement and improve the wrist flexibility.

After that, they performed the haka. I think they did a good job and it was very entertaining. After the people did the haka, the senior boys from the kapa haka group in PBS performed a haka as well. The boys also did good.

The last activity we experienced was to play traditional Maori games. We played Matau & Mauī with taiahas. This game is a listening, coordination and reflex game. 

I enjoyed this performance. I am also grateful for the opportunity we got to watch it.

Māori | Auckland Volcanoes

I translated the names of volcanoes in New Zealand. 

First, I matched the English names of volcanoes into Te Reo Māori. I knew some of the Māori names. I used the Māori Dictionary to find the other names of the volcanoes.

After this, I completed a task sheet where I needed to match the Māori weather to the correct pictures. I also used the Māori Dictionary to find some of these.

I enjoyed this week's session. I found the sheet activity easy because every morning we practise our daily routine and in the daily routine we say the weather in Te Reo Māori.

LI: To translate the names of volcanaoes.

Maori

This week, we translated words from Te Reo Maori to English. 

First, we learnt the meaning of 'roto, waho, runga, raro, mua and muri'. Roto means in, waho means out, runga means up, raro means down, mua means forward and muri means backward.

We completed a kupu revision. We translated some words that were about size, bodies of water and food. 

After that, we translated some different Maori words like places, bodies of water and food. We looked at learning the geographic features that are in Maori.

I enjoyed this activity and found translating the words harder.

LI: To revise and translate words from Te Reo Maori.

Kupu | Te Reo Maori

Our session with Whaea Odie was about translating the Maori words into English.

We did our daily routine with the questions 'He aha te ra? (What is the date today?)'  'Kei te pehea koe? (How are you doing?)' and 'He aha te huarere? (How is the weather today?)'.

We translated the Maori words into English. We translated the words we already knew about and used the Maori Dictionary to translate the words we didn't know. We also matched the cards that had a certain feeling or weather to the image.

I enjoyed today's session and learnt new words in Maori.

LI: To translate the different Maori words.

Te Tinana | Maori

Our session with Whaea Odie was about learning the different names of body parts in Maori. 

We did our daily routine with the questions 'He aha te ra? (What is the date today?)'  'Kei te pehea koe? (How are you doing?)' and 'He aha te huarere? (How is the weather today?)'.

We matched the Maori transalated body parts to the English names,  We highlighted the words that we already knew meant to see how many Maori body parts we knew. 

We used the head, shoulders, knees and toes song in Maori to help us with identifying the body parts.

I enjoyed this task, but found it hard because Maori isn't my first language.

LI: To learn the Maori words for body parts.

Maori Language Week | History

Maori language week is a time for promoting Te Reo Maori to a wider audience. People promote Te Reo Maori to get more people speaking it. This is because the government wants 1 million people to speak Te Reo Maori by 2040 and also to revive the language.

The theme was 'Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori' in 2018. This is still the theme this year. It translates to 'Let's keep the Maori language strong'.

The activity informed people about what Maori language week is, how it began, and the story behind it. 48 years ago, people decided that Te Reo Maori should be more recognisable so they signed petitions with about 30,000 signatures.

LI: To learn about the history behin Maori Language Week.

Maori | Rivision

In our Maori session we were revising numbers, feeling, weather and the daily routine in Te reo Maori.

We first did the daily routine and answered questions like: He aha te ra? He aha te huarere? Kei te pehea koe? and more. We learnt the meaning of 'inanahi' which meant yesterday. The question was He aha te ra inanahi, meaning what was the day yesterday.

After that, we translated the Maori numbers into English. There were ten numbers.

Next we found images to match the feelings and weather. There were new words that we learnt. They were: Ngenge (tired), ongaonga (disgusted), manaaki (helpful/supportive), manahau (excited), kapua (cloudy) and more.

I found this activity both difficult and easy.

LI: To learn new words and revise numbers, feelings, weather and the daily routine in Te reo Maori.

Maori | Revision

In our Maori session, we revised the numbers, days of the week, feelings and weather in Te Reo Maori.

Piriona is billion, miriona is million, mano is thousand, rau is hundred, tekau is tenand tahi is one in Maori. We looked at translating numbers from Maori to English.

After that, we wrote down the emotions in Maori that matched a photo. For example, we did 'Kei te riri', which means 'I am angry'.

Next, we translated the weathers from Maori into English. For example, the sun is shining is 'Kua whiti te ra' in Te Reo Maori.

LI: To revise the numbers, days of the week, feelings and weathers in Te Reo Maori.

Number Chart | Maori

In Maori we were making a number chart in Te Reo Maori, we were also answering questions for our daily routine.

The number chart had numbers up to one hundred. One in Maori is, tahi and one hundred in Maori is, kotahi rau.

To write numbers in Maori first you need to write whatever number that is the tens. For example, if I want to write the number 74. First I need to find the number in Maori 7 is 'whitu' in Maori. Then you need to write 'tekau' after whitu like this: whitu tekau. After that write 'ma' then the one which is 4 in this case. Four in Maori is 'wha'. In the end it should look like: whitu tekau ma wha.

This activity was informative and I learned more of the numbers in Maori.

LI: To create a number chart in Te Reo Maori.

About Me 2020

Salaam Alaikum.

My name is Farzana. I am Afghani. I am a year 6 in LS1 at Panmure Bridge School. I enjoy working on digital learning objects on my chromebook at school. At home I enjoy riding my skateboard. My favourite book is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. My favourite authors are J.K Rowling and Roald Dahl.

Maori | Wiki Ono | Translations

LI: To understand and translate more about the Maori language.

This week for Maori we were identifying and translating words that relate to where something is located. At the beginning of the session we were learning how to use a poi. A poi is an object that helps the rhythmic and flexibility strength. We learnt how to do some actions then used those actions to do a song. After that we translated that we translated another row of Maori words that have the 'ia' sound in it. My group and I also did another translation task were we had to translate Maori words that were to do with the location of something.

Maori | Ataata | Korero

LI: To understand and translate more about the Maori language.

This week for Maori we were learning about why the macron is used in the spelling of Maori words and why Maori people ask other people 'Where are you from?' (Nō Hea Koe?). Macrons are used to indicate mid-tone use in the sentence which differs from the expected sound others might think. It can also change the meaning to the word. Maori people ask where we are from so that they can make a link with other people and also to make a link with that person’s family, understand where they are from or where they had grown up and also to link with their whanau and their tribal group. My group and I found this information on the videos. Ataata translates to 'video'. We also did another google document and we had to ask 'Nō Hea Koe?' to other people in our groups and they had to find the place they were born in and translate that into Maori. Korero translates into 'conversation/discussion'.