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Greetings

tënä koe - Greetings to one.
tënä korua - Greetings to two.
tënä koutou - Greeting to three or more.
kia ora - Greetings.

kei te pëhea koe - How are you?
kei te pai - Good, thank you.

e pëhea ana koe - how are you?
e pai ana - Good, thank you.

e noho ra - Goodbye to those staying.
noho mai ra - Goodbye to those staying.
haera ra - Goodbye to those going.


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Important Things

waka - boat/canoe
mahi - work
moana - sea
rä - day
kaiaka - teacher
iwi - tribe
maunga - mountain
ingoa - name
awa - river


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People

ahua/au - me
ingoa - name
ia - he/she
koe - you

kötiro - girl
tama - boy

ko wai? - who?

iwi - tribe
hapü - sub-tribe
whanau - family

nö - from, belonging to
nö hea/nö whea - where from

hoa - friend
matua - father
mätua - parents
mätämua - first-born child

mätämua - oldest child in the family
pötiki - youngest child in the family

tamähine - daughter
tama - son, boy

tamaita - child
tamariki - children

täne - man, husband, male

teina - youngest child of the same gender
tëina - youngest children of same gender

tuakana - oldest child of the same gender
tuäkana - oldest children of the same gender

tuahine - sister of a male
tuähine - sisters of a male

tungäne - brother of a female

mäma - mother
päpä - father
manaaki - care for
kaiako - teacher


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Locations and Descriptions

kei runga - on, on top
kei raro - underneath, under, down

kei rato - inside
kei waho - outside

kei - in, at, by, present time
kei hea, kei whea - where is, where are

i - marks where something or someone is located

tënei - this
ënei - these

tënä - that by you
ënä - those by you

tërä - that over there
ërä - those over there

muri - behind

aha? - what?
e hea - how many?

tua - year


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Education and Working

kaiako - teacher
kaiwhakaako - teacher
mähita - teacher

tauriu - student
äkonga - student, pupil

käreiti - college
kura - school
tamuaki - principal
kaupapa ako - school subject
marau - school subject

akomanga - classroom
rüma ako - classroom
matapihi - window
wini - window
kuaha - door, doorway
tioko - chalk
pikitia - picture
karaka - clock
papa tuhituhi - blackboard

muku - eraser
ikui - eraser

pëke - bag, school bag
käpata - cupboard
pouaka - box
ipu - container, vase, bucket, bin

pene - pen
pene raukau - pencil
pukapuka - book
ruri - ruler

tëpu - table, desk, bench
türu - chair, stool, seat
tari - office

räkau - stick


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Verbs and Actions

kupamahi - verb

inu - drink
unu - drinking
unu tï - drinking tea
kai - eat

whawhai - fight
hopu - catch

haere - go
kite - find
whai - follow
titiro - look
oma - run
hikoi - walk, march, protest
haere mai - come
pahikara - arriving

whakaki - fill
hömai - give (me)
höatu - give (him/her)
äwhina - help

korero - talk
körero - say
karonga - call
waiata - sing, song
whakaronga - listen
tuhituhi - write
pänui - read
mea - do/say
kite - see
tangi - crying
takoto - is upset

tipu - grow
noho - live, dwell

kata - laugh
täkaro - play
karikari - dance
moe - sleep
tuapeke - climbing
peke - jumping
piki - jumping

hanga - make
keri - dig
kä - burn

noho - sit
tö - stand


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Objects

pëke - bag
käpata - cupboard
pouaka - box
ipu - container, vase, bucket, bin

pene - pen
pene raukau - pencil
pukupuka - book
ruri - ruler

tëpu - table
türu - chair, stoolk

räkau - stick

mokai - pet
kiore - mouse, rat
ngeru - cat
kuri - dog
manu - bird



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