Maori | Nga Taone o Te Ika a Maui

The Maori task that Whaea Odie set for us was to expand our Maori vocabulary by using our prior knowledge of Maori language to translate more meanings Maori place names into english.

First, we completed the Maori routine and answered the questions 'He aha te apopo?' (What is the date tomorrow?), 'He aha te huarere?' (What is the weather?) and 'Koe wai o hoa?' (Who are your friends?).

We did the same task that we did last week (which was translating Maori place names). We searched up the meaning of the Maori place names and used our prior knowledge to select the best answer from the list of english place names.

One thing I enjoyed doing was trying to translate the Maori place names into english using only my prior knowledge (without google search or Maori dictionary). I think I could improve on my Maori pronounciations.

LI: to expand our Maori vocabulary and knowledge.