Mohi lessons Flashcards
Greeting: Good morning my friend
Ata mārie e hoa
Kei te …..
The ‘kei te’ is the present, doing. The ‘koe’ is you. So we’re asking you a question.” “And we’ve got the word ‘kai’ in there - a lot of us know this to be food”. “‘Hiakai’ is to want food, or to be hungry - so we’re saying ‘are you hungry?
Are you hungry?
Kei te hiakai koe?
Check in: How are you?
Kei te pēhea koe?
āe
I
Yes
To agree
kāo
K - ao (coooow)
Shortened form of kāore
No
Check in: I am good
Kei te pai ahau
Check in: I am happy
Kei te koa ahau
Check in: I am tired
Kei te hiamoe ahau
Farewell: See you next time
Mā te wā
Check in: I am (very) hungry
Kei te (tino) hiakai ahau
Greeting: Good afternoon/evening
Ahiahi mārie
Po mārie
Greeting: See you again
Ka kite
Ka kite anō
Anō def: again/same
Greeting: Farewell to those staying
E noho rā
Def: Noho - remain/sit/dwell
Greeting: Farewell to those leaving
Haere rā
Harae means to go or depart
Opposed to Noho ra - noho means to sit or remain; said to those staying when leaving.
Greeting: Have a nice day
Kia pai te rā
Kia pai te korua rā
Kia pai te koutou rā
How are you: Me too
āhau hoki
Greeting: Have a good weekend
Kia pai te rā whakatā
(Kia pai te rā)
tēnei
This/by me
tēnā
That/near or connected to the listener
tērā
That/away from or not connected to the speaker or listener
He aha tēnei?
What is this? (He pene tēnei - this is a pen - here by me)
He aha tēnā?
What is that? (He pene tēnei - this is a pen - here by me)
He …….. tēnā
That is a ………..
That’s a ……
He … tēnei
This is a ……..