Wiki 1. Te Whānau

Question 1

… is the …

Example: Mauao is the mountain

Answer 1

Ko …. te …

Tauira: Ko Mauao te maunga

Question 2

The … are … and …

Example: The ancestors are Tapukino and Kahumoeangi

Example: The teachers are Mere, Hone and Rangi

Answer 2

Ko …. rāua/rātou ko … ngā …

Tauira: Ko Tapukino rāua ko Kahumoeangi ngā tūpuna

Tauira: Ko Mere rātou ko Hone, ko Rangi ngā kaiako

Question 3

My … is …

Example: My name is Rangi

Answer 3

Ko … tōku/tāku/taku …

Tauira: Ko Rangi tōku ingoa

Question 4

My … are … and …

Example: My friends are Mere and Hone.

Example: My friends are Mere, Hone and Rangi

Answer 4

Ko … rāua/rātou ko .. ōku/āku/āku …

Tauira: Ko Mere rāua ko Hone ōku hoa

Tauira: Ko Mere rātou ko Hone, ko Rangi ōku hoa

Question 5

Who are you?

I am Rangi

Answer 5

Ko wai koe?

Ko Rangi ahau

Question 6

mountain

Answer 6

maunga

Question 7

river

Answer 7

awa

Question 8

tribe

Answer 8

iwi

Question 9

clan / subtribe

Answer 9

hapū

Question 10

ocean

Answer 10

moana

Question 11

name

Answer 11

ingoa

Question 12

mother / mum

Answer 12

whaea / māmā

Question 13

father / dad

Answer 13

matua / pāpā

Question 14

parents

Answer 14

mātua

Question 15

ancestor / ancestors

Answer 15

tupuna / tūpuna

Question 16

sister (of male)

Answer 16

tuahine

Question 17

brother (of female)

Answer 17

tungāne

Question 18

older sibling, same gender

Answer 18

tuakana

Question 19

younger sibling, same gender

Answer 19

teina

Question 20

woman / women

Answer 20

wahine / wāhine

Question 21

man

Answer 21

tāne

Question 22

o category (e.g. tōku)

Answer 22

Things that “look after” you:

older generation
same generation (except: tāne, wahine)
shelter
places
parts of something
thoughts, feelings, qualities
clothes
drinking water
medicine
transport
large man made objects

Question 23

a category (e.g. tāku)

Answer 23

Things you “look after”:

younger generation
same generation man, woman
food (except drinking water and medicine)
portable things
animals (except for transport)

Question 24

first born

Answer 24

mātāmua

Question 25

youngest child

Answer 25

pōtiki

Question 26

grandfather

Answer 26

koroua

Question 27

grandmother

Answer 27

kuia

Question 28

baby

Answer 28

pēpi

Question 29

i

Answer 29

ahau, au

Question 30

you (one person)

Answer 30

koe

Question 31

he / she / it

Answer 31

ia

Question 32

they (2 people)

Answer 32

rāua

Question 33

they (3 people)

Answer 33

rātou

Question 34

I am a ... Example: I am an employee

Answer 34

he ... ahau Tauira: He kaimahi ahau

Question 35

She/he/it is a ... Example: She is a teacher

Answer 35

He ... ia Tauira: He kaiako ia

Question 36

You are a ... (1 person) Example: You are a woman

Answer 36

He ... koe Tauira: He wahine koe

Question 37

You are ... (1 person) Example: You are Rangi

Answer 37

Ko ... koe Tauira: Ko Rangi koe

Question 38

I am a ... at ... in ... Example: I am a student at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki

Answer 38

He ... ahau ki ... ki ... Tauira: He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa ki Ōtaki

Question 39

worker / employee

Answer 39

kaimahi

Question 40

hard worker

Answer 40

pukumahi

Question 41

tall

Answer 41

tāroaroa

Question 42

good

Answer 42

pai

Question 43

robust, sturdy, muscular

Answer 43

pakari

Question 44

yellow

Answer 44

kōwhai

Question 45

red

Answer 45

whero

Question 46

brown

Answer 46

parauri

Question 47

sleepy head

Answer 47

moeroa

Question 48

bad

Answer 48

kino

Question 49

house, building

Answer 49

whare

Question 50

cheeky

Answer 50

whakatoi

Question 51

fast

Answer 51

tere

Question 52

angry

Answer 52

riri

Question 53

essential force, power, thrill, charm

Answer 53

ihi

Question 54

husband, spouse, partner

Answer 54

tau

Question 55

short

Answer 55

poto

Question 56

long, tall (plural form)

Answer 56

roroa