TE REO

We have also learnt how to speak a little bit of Te Reo / Maori. We learnt the numbers, where Maori is spoken, how to say good morning (ata marie!) and a song: A Ha Ka Ma. You sing each row except U, sing the vowels and sing the row 'U'.

A Ha Ka Ma Na Pa Ra Ta Wa Nga Wha
E He Ke Me Ne Pe Re Te We Nge Whe
I Hi Ki Mi Ni Pi Ri Ti Wi Ngi Whi
O Ho Ko Mo No Po Ro To Wo Ngo Who
U Hu Ku Mu Nu Pu Ru Tu Wu Ngu Whu

Numbers	Nga Nama
zero	kahore, kore
one	kotahi, tahi
two	rua, tokorua
three	toru, tokotoru
four	wha, tokowha
five	rima, tokorima
six	ono, tokoono
seven	whitu, tokowhitu
eight	waru, tokowaru
nine	iwa, tokoiwa
ten	tekau, ngahuru
eleven	tekau ma tahi, ngahuru ma tahi
twelve	tekau ma rua, ngahuru ma rua.
thirteen	tekau ma toru, ngahuru ma toru
fourteen	tekau ma wha, ngahuru ma wha
fifteen	tekau ma rima, ngahuru ma rima
sixteen	tekau ma ono, ngahuru ma ono
seventeen	tekau ma whitu, ngahuru ma whitu.
eighteen	tekau ma waru, ngahuru ma waru
nineteen	tekau ma iwa, ngahuru ma iwa.
twenty	rua tekau, hokotahi
twenty-one	rua tekau ma tahi
thirty	toru tekau
forty	wha tekau, hokorua
fifty	rima tekau
sixty	ono tekau, hokotoru
seventy	whitu tekau
eighty	waru tekau, hokowha
ninety	iwa tekau
hundred	rau, kotahi rau, hokorima
one hundred and one	kotahi rau ma tahi
one hundred and twenty-one	kotahi rau rua tekau ma tahi
thousand	mano
million	miriona

As well as learning lots of songs, The Colour / Vowel song e.t.c we have been taught the months and days of the weeks as well.

Monday - Mane
Tuesday - Turei
Wednesday - Wenerei
Thursday - Taite
Friday - Paraire
Saturday - Hatarei
Sunday - Ratapu

...and the colours...

Black - Mangu / Pango
Red - Whero
Yellow - Kowhai
Blue - Kikorangi
Brown - Parauri
White - Ma
Orange - Karaka
Green - Kakariki
Purple - Tawa
Grey - Kiwikiwi

...and the months...

January - Hanuere
February - Pepuere
March - Maehe
April - Aperira
May - Mei
June - Hune
July - Hurae
August - Akuhata
September - Hepetema
October - Oketopa
November - Noema
December - Tihema

I also know kaimoana, seafood. Pipi and Paua!

Last term we were given an aspect of Maori culture to research. I found out lots of new things about the tiki: