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Thursday 17 December 2020

SLJ Week 1 Acticity 7

 LI: To expand our  Maori vocabulary


Today for this activity we were given the chance to expand our Te reo Maori Vocabulary and learn how to say sentences and phrases by listening to the audio recordings and then used what we could remember from the recordings we had to rearrange the words to create a question in Maori. I then answered the question "What are you doing today?" by filling in the blanks to "I am going to ____ " and then filled in the blanks

During the activity I learnt how to say "What are you doing today" from the rearrange task. "What are you doing today" tranlated into Maori is Kei te aha koe i tenei ra? I found this activity fun to do becuase It helped me improve on my Maori a little bit more and listening to the recordings  and doing the rearranging activity made it a bit easier to understand.
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  1. Benjamin from the SLJ Team18 December 2020 at 12:18

    Kia ora Juel

    Ben here from the SLJ commenting team.


    Solid work on your te reo Māori activity! I’m wondering about the image you chose at the end though? Papa tākaro translates to something like a playground or a sports field.

    Also, if you want to get really flash with your reo Māori you should look into tohutō or macrons, the little lines that go above letters. Do you know what difference it makes when there is the line above the letter?

    Hei aha, keep up the good work e tama!

    Mā te wā,
    Benjamin

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    1. Juel19 December 2020 at 02:48

      Kia ora Ben,

      Thank you very much for taking the time to comment and compliment on my blog. I will change the photo so that it if correct. I think that macrons are used to lengthen the sound of a certain letter or stretches the sound of a letter but I am unsure about it.

      Would you mind telling me if I am correct?

      Thank you very much!

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    2. Benjamin from the SLJ Team21 December 2020 at 11:30

      Kia ora Juel,

      Thanks Juel! Yea, you're right, the macron or tohutō lengthens a vowel sound. So when you pronounce Māori, you can think of it Maaori.

      It's very important because a word can mean something entirely different depending on whether it does or does not have a tohutō. It's the difference between keke (cake) and kēkē (armpit), hahaha.

      Awesome effort Juel!
      Ben

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  2. Sakshi18 December 2020 at 18:04

    Kia ora Juel,

    I really liked reading your blog post today! The thing I liked the most is the way you have added a well explained blurb making your blog post detailed. It will also help the reader to understand what is happening and leave a positive feedback. Good job for explaining what and how you did these activities! Did you use the internet for help? If yes, did you use the maori dictionary? How did it help you?

    Keep up the great work!
    I am looking forward to see your other blog posts as well.
    -Sakshi

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  3. Juel19 December 2020 at 02:57

    Kia ora Sakshi,

    Thank you for commenting on my blog I am most grateful for it. Thank you for telling me about what I did good in my blurb. No I did not use the internet for help and did not use google Dictionary I just went around asking my friends if they could help me find the answers.

    Did you use the internet for help? If yes, did you use the maori dictionary? How did it help you? If no, how did you mange to complete the activity?

    Thank you very much.

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  4. Sakshi19 December 2020 at 16:22

    Kia ora Juel,

    That is so impressive! As I am still new to Te Reo Maori I had to use the Maori Dictionary to complete this activity. The internet was very helpful for me and specially the Maori Dictionary as it was telling me the exact meaning for the word and also helped me translate sentences, That's great, talking and asking questions from your friends is also a very efficient way to complete your work as you can share opinions. Can you answer this question in Te Reo maori with the english translation:

    Ka aha koe i nga rangi whakataa e heke mai nei?
    What will you do in the coming weekend?

    Thank you for answering my question and replying to my comment.
    -Sakshi

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    1. Juel20 December 2020 at 13:24

      Kia ora Sakshi,

      Thank you very much for taking the time to read and reply to my comment and also for answering my question I am most grateful. And sure I will be happy to answer the question in Te Reo Maori

      Kaore au e mohio?
      I do not know?

      Could you tell me what you are going to do in the weekend in Te Reo Maori?

      Thank you very much and looking forward to seeing your response

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