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TO LEARNING THE MÂORI LANGUAGE
by J.L.Nicholls (full version
34 pages PDF)
Individual Topics:
A) PRONUNCIATION
B) “KO”
- THE POINTING OUT WORD
C) THIS
AND THAT (nei, na, ra)
D) PERSONAL
PRONOUNS (he, she, they, we, you etc.)
- POSSESSIVE PERSONAL PRONOUNS
E) “A”
or “O” - denoting possession of something
F) PAST,
PRESENT & FUTURE
- ka, i, e, kua, kia, me, ana, e…ana, i, a, i mua, i muri
G) THE
PASSIVE FORMS OF MAORI VERBS
- adding suffixes eg. a, hanga, hia, kina, ia, ina, kia, kina,
mia, na, nga, ngia, ria, rina, ria, whia, whina
H) STATIVES
- verbs such as: hinga, mahue, maringi, mutu, ngaro, pau, toremi, whara
etc.
- adjectives such as: nui, ora, kaha, matuku, makariri
I) THE PARTICLE
“KEI”
J) GIVING
ORDERS, WARNINGS, ADVICE
K) THE
PARTICLES “I” and “KI”
L) QUESTIONS
IN MAORI
M) ABOUT
THE WHANAU |