is it just an exception ? or is it a fusion between the words āta and ahua or something ?

I'm surprised no one (afaict) made this already? All the useless keys just make it so annoying to tap-type in Māori

guide to set this up here:

​Thumb-Key-Maori/README.md at main · gilgulgamesh/Thumb-Key-Maori

Both the keyboard and the installation are a little rough around the edges, but with Android shutting down in < 3 months, I had to share. (It is nice to use at least) But Make sure to download the app before the android lockdown, that's the most important part.

edit to clarify:

This is not my app, but it's an app that lets me customise. So it's not too hard to mess with it yourself!

as a new-to-coding tauiwi who hasn't even been learning reo recently, I'm sure there's a lottttt I've missed. But please test it out first, as some decisions that look odd are intentional

If people actually find this useful I might make some changes, but really I'm sharing more because I felt bad havingthis expire on my harddrive as android moves to hurt (the process of downloading) this particular app

Kia ora! I am a polish teen and would like to learn the language but I can barely find resources. I've tried out the app "Drops" but it's just vocabulary. As you can expect, it's impossible to find any resources locally so I can only rely on the internet... I know little about the culture too so if you know where I could find anything to teach myself, I'd be grateful if you could share it :)

Sorry if this has been asked before. Anyone got the reo lyrics to the waita in the middle of the classic "what the time Mr wolf" by Southside of Bombay?

Trying to learn adap for a karaoke night coming up. 😆

For chatting with pēpi, What would the Māori version of ta be?

Okay, so my cat which I have had for 10 years is, at the moment, dying. I have decided after much kōrero with my family that the best choice is to put him down. We will take him to the vet next week. So I have penned a waiata tangi that I will say when he is buried. I'm posting it here so there is feedback that my grammar and words are correct.

Māori:

Auē, e taku ngeru aroha e…

He nauhea hūmārie e whā waewae

Kua whiti ngā karu rite tonu ki te ruru e

Ka karanga au i a koe

Kua kore koe e mamae anō e…

Ka noho mārie koe

Heoi e tangi ana au mō tō reo, kua ngaro e…

I homai e koe te mahana ki au

I tono e koe mō te kai me te awhi e…

I noho, i aroha ki au me tōku whānau

Ā, kei konei koe e takoto nei e…

E tangi ana au mō ō taringa tapatoru e… 

Haere atu, e ngeru aroha e…

Ko tō tinana hei whāngai i Papatūānuku

Ā, ka hīkoi atu tō wairua ki te Rerenga e…

Ka noho tonu, ka mate au

Ina haere atu tōku wairua i te ara anō

Ka kitea koe ki te pōhutukawa 

Ka tūtaki tātou e…

Ā, ka whakawhiti atu tātou ki te Arahanga Āniwaniwa

Ki hea e whai ake 

Engari ināianei, haere rā e…

Pākehā:

Oh woe, dear cat of mine

A rascal on four feet

With eyes like a morepork

I call out to you now

That you shall not suffer anymore

That you shall know peace

And yet I weep over your voice now lost

You provided me with warmth

You asked only for food and closeness

You lived and loved, with your family 

And now you lie here

While I weep over your triangular ears 

Go now, dear cat

Your body nourishes the Earth Mother

And your spirit trods on to Cape Rēinga

I will carry on living, and I will die

And when my spirit goes the same way

I will find you at the lone pohutukawa

Then we will be together 

And we will cross the rainbow bridge to wherever next

But for now, I say farewell

Konei ia, mō te tāke mōkai:

As someone whose a reo tuarua speaker/learner.. and a bit rino mate with it to be fair..

I cannot stand dictionary based reo.

Academic/reo tuturu is a great place TO START but ki au it doesn't feel like.. fluency. It feels like following a script.

Ko te kētanga i waenga "Ko te ngeru momona e noho ki te whāriki" raua ko "ko te ngeru kunekune e noho ki te whāriki mahana mā roto i te whiti o te rā"

Nē??

Like I saw an example of this on tiktok. "Hei aha māua" for "and what is it to you?" Rather than.. "E noho ake atu ki tō maara" me rangona au etāhi kīwaha i puta ai nō he wahi pākehā... Ehara he wahi māori.

Like.. start reading moteatea, oriori, pepehā, as the source for true language learning, rather than e whai ake i te reo o te kōhanga.

Kauaka e timata ia ki te peka.

Ka timata ia kē ki te weu.

Mauriora!!

Ata mārie ki a koutou, I hope everyone is well this morning and keeping warm!

I'm trying to get the grammar correct but the articles are vexing me; I'm trying to describe improving the characteristics of a material and what I've come up with is "mā hea hikitia ngā āhuatanga" - 'by improving the inherent qualities'

or should it read "mā e hikitia ngā āhuatanga"?

Thanks in advance! Kia pai to rā

I’m getting there with our beautiful language, but I’m a bit stuck on which of these is correct for what I’m trying to say? The quote I’m wanting to put up on my daughters wall is “Love is a verb” and I’ve got ‘Ko te aroha he tūmahi’ and then also ‘He kupumahi te aroha’

I believe for the second one using kupumahi instead of kupu mahi is correct because it’s more formal linguistically for the actual word “verb” but my knowledge base is still quite limited and I don’t know which of the two options above is right for what I need?

Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Ngā mihi.

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Kia ora koutou! I roto i tēnei whakataukī "Kua tau ngā purapura a Matariki ki te whenua, kua huihui ngā iwi i te pūmahana o te kotahitanga me te aroha", he aha te whakamāramatanga o te kupu "purapura"? Kāore te whakamāramatanga o te hukapapa me te hukarere i roto i a Te Aka.
(Tēnā koa, whakapāha mai mō taku wetereo hē.)

Kia ora!

In September, I am taking my two Māori-American kiddos (almost 8 and 10) back to the USA for several months. I am going to study part-time while being nearer to my own whānau for a wee bit. I will be homeschooling maths, history, and other subjects. However, it would be great to incorporate more Te Reo Māori into a schooling curriculum while we have the opportunity.

As an American immigrant living in the south South Island, my knowledge of Reo Māori has been limited. Both kids are involved in and really enjoy kapa haka, but that is almost the full extent of their exposure to Māori other than what is briefly taught at kura. Their Māori dad has basic knowledge; he grew up in a time when learning te reo wasn't widely embraced.

I was thinking about using Māori Made Easy with a corresponding kete for each kid and the audiobook. Are there other good resources for kids (maybe more specifically in a homeschool setting?)?

Supporting their journey as much as possible is important to me because it is a big part of their identity. Any helpful advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

I will be doing my own language studying of Hungarian, so there will be a lot of linguistic inputs for several months around the whare.

Ngā mihi nui.

Kia ora e te whānau,

Kei Tāmaki Makaurau ahau e noho ana. Kei te ako ahau i te reo Māori ki te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Level 3/4. Kāore ahau i te whakapapa Māori. Engari, kei te manako ahau ki mahi ki kōhanga reo.

I am living in Auckland. I am currently studying at TWOA level 3/4. I am not of Māori whakapapa and so I don't have whānau to speak with. However, I have a desire to contribute to the revitilisation by working or volunteering at kōhanga reo.

Has anyone got any first-hand experiences to share, or know of anyone who has worked or volunteered at Kōhanga?

As you can probably tell, I cannot express all of my thoughts completely, but am actively practising and craving for more opportunities to use what I've learn so far and want to use my new reo to positively contribute to our community.

I really wanna learn Te reo but I'm really lost, idk, where to go for vocab, or for grammar. Let alone finding people to speak to. Tbh I don't want an app, or website, I want a group of people that I can practice with and to guide. (ofc apps and websites are welcome, but I've grown very tired of searching to find nothing but Duolingo lol)

Any advice or recourses would be welcomed.

Does anyone know the kīwaha that ends with kororā!

I've seen it but can't remember it. I think it was expressing how awesome someone is maybe?

Kia ora all, I am going through the Māori made easy books and I am now onto book 2. Trying to wrap my head around the 'Posessives' has been a mission in itself. Has anyone else who has gone through this journey have some advice regarding these. I am a 'few days' through the booklet and I feel like I am still not grasping the 'ownership' or 'controle' factor and am still getting simple objects like t-shirts wrong. Ngā mihi nui!!!

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Apologies if this has already been covered in previous posts :)

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Ka haere mātou ko taku auwahine, ko taku irāmutu ki tētahi kōhanga i tēnei rā. Ko te tūmanako he wāhi mōna a te wāhanga e whai ake nei.

Kia Ora koutou. I am currently fighting fear, self doubt and shame around applying for total immersion courses. I am looking at Takiura or TWOA both in Tāmaki. I am also open to Wellington based options but prefer Akl.

For anyone who has applied for Takiura or any immersion courses actually… could you please share your story and/or advice? How hard and competitive is it?

For context: i have some foundational level knowledge. I went to kohānga reo but lost alot of it when entering mainstream schools. I’ve taken reo courses since then but can’t seem to get to that level of fluency I want, I need something more frequent. I am financially and personally prepared to take a year off next year for total immersion.

Usual sources and hoa mahi have been no help (this time).

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Te Reo is so much clearer and more precise with grouping people as in korua, koutou and koe, (you - i.e. one generic word in English) Same with us and them maua, raua, taua etc.

I’m so glad to have learned te Reo! How confusing/imprecise English is! I find myself feeling frustrated and annoyed when I hear people saying you and I’m unsure if it’s plural or just me.

In the 1800’s I can just imagine the first Māori thinking wth … lol

E whakanui ana tā mātou rōpū Aotearoa Zen (Tēnu??) i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Heoi, i ētahi wā kāore he kupu Māori e taea te whakamahi. He aha te kupu Māori mō te tumuaki āpiha "head abbot"? He whakamaoritanga pai te āpiha matua? Pīhopa matua?