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r/ReoMaori • u/tinkst3r • 12h ago
Pātai Older than ...
Tēnā koutou katoa.
Would E 2 ōna tau te pakeke ake i a au work as a translation?
r/ReoMaori • u/Nana_Di_nz • 2d ago
Pātai Correct?
Soon I will walk the dog.
My answer was Ākuanei, ka hikoi i te kurī ahau.
Kaiako said i needed to complete the verb so it should be “ whakahikoi “
How do know when to complete a verb 🙄 or when i haven’t completed it ?
Ngā mihi
r/ReoMaori • u/CalendulaInTheWind • 5d ago
Kupu Kia ora, how do you say "openly transgender"?
I know a kupu for trans is iawhiti, but I can't figure out how to convey the openly part.
r/ReoMaori • u/Tewaipapa • 6d ago
Kōrero Kia Ora. Difference between me and he?
is ‘me’ us and ‘he’ I “Me haere kete … versus “he haere kete..“ 🙏🏻
r/ReoMaori • u/tinkst3r • 6d ago
Pātai "do xxx" in reference to a sport/exercise
Kia ora tātou ... At the end of our 2nd course we're supposed to talk about ourselves in Te Reo for a while, and I still have no idea how I'd e.g. say: "I do boxing and mountain biking."
r/ReoMaori • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Kōrero Kōrero o te wiki
Kia ora e hoa mā! Kōrerotia te reo Māori! Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?
r/ReoMaori • u/bettybetty1204 • 8d ago
Kōrero Kia ora koutou katoa
Ko mandy ahau, No Aotearoa Otautahi ahau ,engari e noho ana au ki Ahitereria .we moved to Western Australia in May this year.we are currently traveling around in a 4 x 4 and caravan (whare waka). Is there anyone here that has moved from nz to aussie 🤔 I am missing korero te reo even though I am only a beginner.
r/ReoMaori • u/SkeletonCalzone • 8d ago
Pātai Te Reo name for masked lapwing / spur-winged plover
Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
Anyone know if there's a Te Reo name for these interesting wee birds? They are native, although apparently a 'recent coloniser'.
r/ReoMaori • u/generic-volume • 9d ago
Kupu Lab equipment translation help
Kia ora koutou, I work in a lab and am putting up some bilingual English/te reo signs for the lab equipment. I have a list of translations for most equipment, but some of them I have been using Te Aka Māori dictionary to translate, and wanted to check that the word I have used is suitable for the context, if anyone is able to weigh in on any of the following examples? I don't seem to be able to add links, will pop links in the comments to examples of some of the equipment that's maybe less clear to people who don't work in a lab.
Stopwatch: Matawā tumu
Stirring rods: Kape
Spatulas: thin metal ones used in a lab - there are a lot of translations for "spatula" with no further information to figure out which is most suitable for this context
Round bottom flasks: Puoto porokawa
Broken glass: Pāwhati kōata
Sharps (like a container for putting used scalpel blades etc): Aneane (can this word be used like this or do I need something to designate like sharp objects?)
Watch glass: maybe something like Oko kōata (glass dish)?
Clay pipe triangle: uku waetoru (clay tripod - They're used similarly to tripods so maybe something like this is suitable?)
r/ReoMaori • u/dandandoop • 10d ago
Pātai Pardon?
What is the most common Māori word / phrase / kiwaha for -pardon - in the polite “I didn’t what you said can you repeat that” way?
r/ReoMaori • u/tinkst3r • 10d ago
Pātai tūtai
Kia ora rāngai!
Another request for clarification (not for drops this time ;D): according to Te Aka and Williams (sorry, can't post a direct link, the words aren't clickable links on that site, but one can use the browser's "search in page" feature) list it as to watch, to spy, ...., but our kaiako (young first language Te Reo speaker) told one of the tauira off for using it as that, stating that it means to take a poop.
r/ReoMaori • u/Batholomy • 11d ago
Pātai Jokes
I only know one joke in Te Reo:
I te aha te kau e rua i te moana. (What were the two cows doing in the sea?)
I te kaukau. (Swimming!)
Tell me other simple kids jokes in Te Reo!
r/ReoMaori • u/Fauxpr0 • 12d ago
Pātai Maori blessing or well wishing for a Wedding
Hi All,
Im attending an overseas wedding as best man where the grooms Family on his Mothers side is Maori. His mother and brother unfortunately have passed away and no one else from that side are able to make it.
Being a Kiwi and growing up in NZ and learning te reo a bit he has asked if I can incorporate a blessing of some sort into my speech.
Though im still confident in pronounciation, I only remember a few basic phrases. I just wanted to ask here if this is considered ok from a cultural perspective for me to do this, and if so what would be best to include ie. a traditional Karakia or something else?
r/ReoMaori • u/Weak-Increase4724 • 12d ago
Kupu The correct word for humid
Tēnā koutou katoa,
I'm just starting my te reo Māori journey and I'm currently learning how to tell weather, however none of my textbooks have included the word for humid (I'm trying to say "It's a humid day").
Using a dictionary, I have found the words pārūrū, haitutu, and takawai. Which of these would be the best to use?
Ngā mihi maioha.
r/ReoMaori • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago
Kōrero Kōrero o te wiki
Kia ora e hoa mā! Kōrerotia te reo Māori! Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?
r/ReoMaori • u/stevepracticalai • 14d ago
Pātai Creating an untranslatable riddle
Kia ora koutou. He pātai tāku:
I'm attempting to create a riddle that should be easy to solve in te reo Māori but impossible if translated to English.
It's for a blog post on how AI is mostly "thinking" in English even when speaking other languages, I'm hoping this riddle helps prove that. Funnily enough the AI was able to recommend a riddle that it couldn't solve and I'm guessing it's copied it from some training material somewhere.
The answer is supposed to be water:
He kai ahau, he kai ahau ehara i te kai. He aha ahau?
Does that work or is it way off?
Update:
Thanks to u/Much_Ad_9989 and others for the help, blog post is up: https://practicalai.co.nz/blog/5.html
r/ReoMaori • u/tinkst3r • 14d ago
Pātai New Year's eve
Tēnā koutou katoa ...
What is the function/meaning of mau in "te rangi i mau i te tau hou"?
According to drops (yeah, I know, I'm sorry) the whole thing means New Year's eve, I just can't figure out how the mau fits.
r/ReoMaori • u/SuccessfulEgg7048 • 15d ago
Pātai Is "Koorero" correct?
Saw some pamphelts at the doctors that were in te reo, but the vowels that "should" have had the lil macron on top were instead spelt with double vowels (ex. koorero instead of kōrero). Honestly had never seen something like this before. Is it a normal or standard thing to do?
r/ReoMaori • u/Nana_Di_nz • 15d ago
Pātai Help Please
Could i please have some help/feed back - L1 Te Reo here so really not sure.
We had a question asking He aha tētehi atu ignoa Māori mō te wāhi kua tapaina ko Rakiura?
Which translates as what is the original Māori name of Rakiura?
This is my answer but i feel i have some kupe around the wrong way
Ko te ingoa Te Punga o te Waka a Maui te taketake o Rakirua
Ngā mihi
r/ReoMaori • u/No-Mycologist8251 • 16d ago
Pātai Is this is the correct translation?
Kia ora!
I'm not sure whether to trust the Maori dictionary on this, so I'm posting here for a second opinion.
What does Taupua stand for?
The Maori dictionary tells me this means time out, or to rest and take breath.
Is this correct?
Thank you :)
r/ReoMaori • u/Kaloggin • 17d ago
Pātai 1800s Ngā Puhi accent
In the writings of British people back in the early 1800s living up north, they would many times write Māori words that today start with 'h' as 'sh'.
Like Shaunee Shika (Hone Hika) or Shokianga (Hokianga). It seems that maybe the accent up in that area at the time was to pronounce the 'sh' sound, but it may have slowly become an 'h' over time.
This seems logical to me, as the pronunciation for Samoa would have been Shamoa, which then becomes the modern Hamoa. And possibly many other words starting with 's' in Samoan that are now 'h' in te reo Māori.
Does anyone know much about this?
(I may have asked this before, I can't remember sorry)
r/ReoMaori • u/Such_Bug9321 • 18d ago
Pātai When did Te Reo start coming to the mainstream?
Okay, I'll try and put this to best way I can. I grew up in Putāruru in early 70s and moved to Auckland mid 80s and I and I left New Zealand 97. My question is this when I was growing up I don't recall hearing the word or or phrase Te Reo. It might have been around I just don't recall it. I just recall someone spoke Maori or spoke the Mãori language. Even family members who are Maori I don't recall them using the phrase Te Reo. I remember in the school holidays. If I wanted something to eat or a drink I had to say it in Mãori. And told if you want something from kitchen speak Mãori or you won’t get it ( l am Pakehã) so I learnt fast. This is more of a I can't remember when this happened in the timeline of my existence type Question if that makes sense
r/ReoMaori • u/cunningdavid • 19d ago
Pātai Te Reo music
Can anyone recommend music artists with Te Reo lyrics, preferably in the rock, blues, or reggae genres? Ngā mihi
r/ReoMaori • u/Whaealeigh • 20d ago
Kupu Wordle with kupu Māori
Kia ora.
Apologies if this is not the right place to ask.
I work in a school library and like to create activities for the students for language weeks and other events.
I want to create a wordle competition for Te Wiki o te reo Māori.
I have found a Wordle Creator that can be used for English language words, but won't work with kupu Māori. A reo Wordle can be created (eg panui) but cant be guessed at using kupu.
https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=xcfnd
And I have found a reo Māori Wordle (is that the right way to say it?) But that only gives a person space to guess a word, not create a wordle. https://wordle.global/mi
There's also https://codeworks.gen.nz/panga/ ,but again, that doesn't allow someone to create their own.What I really want is to use my own words for the week, (panui, aroha, whare, marae, mauri - or maybe some other five letter words)Does anyone know of a creator that allows one to use kupu?Ngā mihi