First Lessons in Maori

Key to the Exercises

Key to the Exercises

I.

1. A fish. 2. His dog. 3. Which houses? 4. Their book. 5. Whose children? 6. Whose nets? 7. Some dogs. 8. His foot. 9. Whose face? 10. Turi's ears. 11. Her hands. 12. That house. 13. Yours and my father. 14. Their children. 15. His parents. 16. That woman. 17. His sisters. 18. Kuiwai's younger sisters.

1. He manu. 2. Tenei manu. 3. Taku kuri. 4. Taua ika. 5. Tehea whare? 6. To ratou whare. 7. To wai whare? 8. Te whare o Kurei. 9. Nga whare. 10. Era ika. 11. Etahi tangata. 12. O ratou waewae. 13. Ona taringa. 14. Ou kanohi. 15. Nga kuri. 16. O ratou tuahine. 17. A taua tamariki. 18. Tona tuakana.

II.

1. The men in the house. 2. (Some) food for Heke and his companions. 3. The doorway of Rupe's house. 4. Fruit of the trees of that place. 5. The children of Turi and his companions. 6. For her brother. 7. To Manaia's elder brother. 8. Belonging to that woman's younger sister. 9. This one of their houses. 10. (Some) books for Pomare and his companions. 11. The top of whose (pl.) house? 12. To his and my dwelling-place. 13. Water out of the bottle. 14. From yours and my dwelling-place. 15. Paikea's house by the seaside.

1. Ma maua. 2. Ki a taua. 3. No ratou. 4. No to wai whare? 5. Kei tawahi o te awa. 6. He tangata no reira. 7. He tamariki i runga i te puke. 8. He ika ma Titore. 9. He tangata no te kāinga o Rupe. 10. Tau pukapuka ki a Ruatapu. 11. He whare mo Turi ma. 12. Nga potae o wai ma? 13. Te kāinga i tua o te puke. 14. He tangata no uta. 15. Te ingoa o te tuahine o tera tangata.

IV.

1. The leaves of the tallest of those trees. 2. The size of Maui's new house. 3. Tall men from Tane's village. 4. The sharpness of the edge of Tiki's new axe. 5. The window of that raupo house. 6. Some fresh water for her brother, Ware. 7. The large stones under our canoe. 8. The site of Toi's house on the other side of the river. 9. On the roof of the house belonging to you and Te Horo's son. 10. The window of each house. 11. Some food for one of those two. 12. A much larger canoe than Paikea's.

1. Te ingoa o taua tangata pai. 2. Te mea pai rawa o era whare raupo. 3. Enei rakau roroa i te ngahere. 4. Nga tangata kaha o nga waka o Turi raua ko Kupe. 5. Te taura kaha, te taura hou a Ngata. 6. He kowhatu taimaha atu i tena. 7. Te takapau nui rawa i roto i toku whare kowhatu. 8. Te taiepa i waenganui i nga mara a Taiwhanga raua ko Rangi. 9. Te tere o nga waka o Ripi ma. 10. Te roa o tenei, o tenei o ena waka.

VII.

1. That is the house of our greatest chief. 2. That is a house belonging to our father. 3. That house does not belong to Turi. 4. Your father's house is not there. 5. That is not the road to Tauranga. 6. Your dog is in Titore's possession. 7. That is a good book of yours. 8. My dog is not white. 9. Kuiwai's child's new garments are not in Piri's possession. 10. Those birds belong to his son, Paerau. 11. The large ducks are for their sister, Paku. 12. Let us be inside the house, let [us] not be outside. 13. Turi's is not a swift canoe. 14. The dog with the long tail is not for you.

1. He rangatira nui a Te Kani. 2. He tokomaha nga rangatira i tenei whenua. 3. He hoa a Turi no Kupe. 4. Ehara tenei i te whare. 5. Kahore i roto i toku taiepa tou whare. 6. Ko tehea o enei tou whare? 7. Ko tehea to korua o era whare e toru? 8. Ehara toku i te waka tawhito. 9. He pai tenei taiepa. 10. Ehara i te nui tera whare. 11. Kahore i konei au pukapuka. 12. Ehara i te mea mau tenei pukapuka. 13. Kei te teina o Hata au pukapuka. 14. I roto au manu i te whare inanahi. 15. Ehara i a ia tenei pu.

IX.

1. How many men are there in your house? 2. Where were Tara and Rua on Monday? 3. Will they two be here to-morrow? 4. They two will be at Turanga on Tuesday. 5. Was not your dog here yesterday? 6. Was not Tara in his house last night? 7. That is not fruit of this tree. 8. Is not that Tara's house? 9. Is not this house for Hou? 10. Paikea's companion was at Te Puke in the morning. 11. Kupe's sister's dogs are not black. 12. Is the hawk a swift bird? 13. Was the wind strong yesterday? 14. Is that book yours? 15. This is a book of mine.

1. Kei hea a Turi raua ko Kupe? 2. I konei a Turi inanahi. 3. Hei konei a Kupe apopo. 4. I hea a Turi i te Hatarei? 5. Kei kona a Kupe. 6. Tokohia nga tangata kei a koe? 7. Tenei nga tangata tokoiwa. 8. I kona ranei ratou i te Wenerei? 9. Ehara aua tangata i te matemate inapo. 10. He toko-maha nga tangata i runga i tera kaipuke. 11. He ruarua nga ika i roto i te kupenga. 12. He nui te wai o te awa inaianei. 13. Ko wai hei kaiarahi moku ki Taupo? 14. Kahore ranei he tangata hei hoa mo Tuau? 15. Kei hea te tangata i te mere pounamu?

XII.

1. If I go to Rotorua, I will urge Turu to come. 2. If that tree had fallen the road would have been obstructed. 3. Do not enter inside the house lest Tara should be angry. 4. If he had not come back I should have forgotten. 5. If you should not show me I shall not know. 6. Will a stranger find the road if there should not be a guide? 7. If I had not been staying here there would have been no one as a companion for you. 8. Do not walk in the slippery place lest you should fall. 9. Be careful lest the calabash should be broken. 10. The men are assembling within the house.

1. Ki te haere mai a Rua apopo ka haere ahau ki Kawhia. 2. He nui tana tohe kia haere koe ki a ia. 3. Mehemea kahore ia i reira kua tomokia tona whare e nga tahae. 4. Haere ki taku māra ki te mahi. 5. I whakaae ia ki te haere kei kore ahau e haere. 6. Mehemea e noho ana ia ki konei kua haere mai tona papa ki te tiki i a ia. 7. E kaikā ana a Pou ki te haere ki tawahi o te awa. 8. Ki te mea ka kore tona tuahine e noho ki konei e kore ia e noho. 9. Kei te mahi a Paerau i tona whare.

XV.

1. Now that you are come we have a guide to Omahu. 2. If he had had a canoe Tara would have embarked and sailed to Motiti. 3. Tiki has no spade wherewith to dig up the weeds of his garden. 4. They two had no place as a site for a house. 5. Who has Ripi's canoe now? 6. You must wait till Turi arrives that you may have a companion for your journey to Opou. 7. If they had had a net they would not have suffered from want of food. 8. If Titore should die, who will have his lands? 9. Has not Turi the rope of the anchor of his canoe?

1. Kia tae mai koe apopo ka whai hoa ahau mo toku haere ki Taupo. 2. Ki te ai he waka mo taua ka whaka-whiti taua ki tawahi. 3. Kauaka hei a Hou tau toki kei whati te kakau. 4. Mehemea kihai a Pare i whai hoa i te Turei kihai ia i haere mai. 5. Kahore ranei i a Turi au pukapuka i tetahi ra? 6. Kahore ranei ana pukapuka i tona taenga mai i tera wiki? 7. Kia haere ahau ki Rarotonga, hei a Pare toku whare. 8. Mehemea kahore a ratou kupenga kihai ratou i whai kai.

XVII.

1. Here is a man who is going to Taupo to-morrow. 2. What place has the canoe reached which sailed hither from Tauranga on Tuesday? 3. Turi was very angry with the man who was building his house. 4. Whose is the house which is finished thatching? 5. That is Turi's house which stands on the other side of the river. 6. Tara is the man who gave names to these lands. 7. It was not Titore who set the canoe on fire. 8. We turned aside to Opoutama, at which place Tupaea landed long ago. 9. Hineko is the woman who shall weave a mat for you. 10. It was Ripi and Pou who dragged the canoe to the seaside.

1. I haere ki Wairoa i te ata nei a Kupe i tutaki ra ki ahau i te one inanahi. 2. Ko tehea te waka e rere ana ki Motiti? 3. Ko wai te wahine e noho ra i te roro o te whare? 4. Kua mutu i a Taeo te korero te pukapuka i hoatu ra e koe ki a ia. 5. No tawahi o te awa te rakau kua oti ra te kani. 6. Ko Tara ranei te tangata nana i hanga te pa ki taua motu? 7. Ehara a Tuau i te tamaiti nana nei i tiki tou waka. 8. I haere mai ratou i runga i a Te Arawa, i wera ra taua waka i a Raumati. 9. Ko wai ma nga tangata mana e to te waka ki te wai?

XX.

1. There were fifteen men who were taken alive by them. 2. His clearing was set fire to in a green state; the trees were not consumed by the fire. 3. Let us go slowly lest we should arrive before the men of the village have assembled. 4. Ruku and his companions were not returned to the shore, they were carried off in a different direction to Tokerau. 5. Did Horo bring the taro and the kumara in time for the feast? 6. Tu killed all his elder brothers. 7. The father of Tawhaki was taken away dead. 8. He went when the day had only just dawned. 9. You and I will go when the flood has quite subsided.

1. He kaha rawa te tangata nana i hapai tena kowhatu. 2. I hangaa paitia te whare e Maui. 3. Mātua hopu i te poaka, ka patu ai, ka tao ai. 4. He nui te mate o nga tangata o Mokoia i te paunga rawatanga o a ratou kai. 5. I tanumia oratia a Heuheu ratou ko tona iwi e te horo whenua. 6. I korerotia pukutia e ia ki a Pou te matenga o Tiki. 7. E kore ia e haere atu kia utua katoatia ra ano a koutou nama. 8. I patua take-koretia e ia taku tamaiti. 9. Kihai a Kupe i kite wawe i tona hoariri.

XXIII.

1. Why did your canoe sail to Motiti yesterday? 2. Why did the ancestors of the Maori people migrate hither from Hawaiki? 3. It was because of quarrels that they migrated hither. 4. Why did you not come to our village on Sunday? 5. It was on Tuesday that we started from Taupo, and we slept at Rangitaiki. 6. The next morning we came on and slept at Tarawera. 7. Why (what is the reason why) did Ripi, Tuau, and others stay at Tarawera? 8. They left the net and the lines and the fishhooks in the canoe. 9. Tara went and forded the river and ran into the forest.

1. He aha a Titore i tono ai i a Horo ki Omaha? 2. He aha te take i mahue ai a Tuau ki Taupo? 3. I wera i te ahi nga whare me nga waka. 4. He aha i roa ai a Paerau raua ko Kupe te haere mai i Wairoa? 5. Na te waipuke i kore ai raua e haere mai. 6. I te haerenga o Reko raua ko Kupe ki Wahi ka peka raua ki Papakura, ki Tuakau, ki Rangiriri, a i te toru o nga ra ka tae raua ki Wahi. 7. Na Ripi matou i tae wawe mai ai. 8. I haere mai ia hei kaiarahi mo matou, kihai hoki i whakarere i a matou a tae noa mai matou ki konei.