E tama ma, kei hoha koutou ki te whakahua i nga reta e mau nei. Ahakoa roa noa te ako, me tohe tonu ki te whakahua. Ma konei ano hoki e tika ai te arero ki nga kupu Pakeha.

ba	be	bi	bo	bu
da	de	di	do	du
fa	fe	fi	fo	fu
ga	ge	gi	go	gu
ja	je	Ji	jo	Ju
la	le	li	lo	lu
sa	se	si	so	su
va	ve	vi	vo	vu
za	ze	zi	zo	zupage 2
ca	ce	co	ci	cu

ab	eb	ib	ob	ub
ad	ed	id	od	ud
af	ef	if	of	uf
ag	eg	ig	og	ug
ak	ek	ik	ok	uk
al	el	il	ol	ul
am	em	im	om	um
an	en	in	on	un
ap	ep	ip	op	up
ar	er	ir	or	ur
as	es	is	os	uspage 3
at	et	it	ot	ut
ax	ex	ix	ox	ux

The teacher will observe, that, in the foregoing lessons, in the first place the English Vowel sounds are given alone:

Then, those sounds are joined to the consonants with which the Natives are already familiar:

And, lastly, they are joined to our harsh English consonants. The syllables in which c has the sound of k, are separated from those in which the same letter has the sound of s.

It will be found necessary that the children be well exercised in these lessons before they attempt to learn anything of the Grammar, or to read English words. The teacher can enliven this part of the work by writing on a large slate one or two words which begin or end with the double consonants given; as, after a lesson on atch, etch, &c. he may give catch, fetch, &c. and the boys may then copy these words on their slates, or write them in copy books, as the writing lesson for the clay. It will, of course, take a long time to perfect the children in the harder sounds, but the teacher will be repaid in the end for his trouble by the ease with which they will read any common book.

The pronunciation of English words will often be rendered easier to the native pupil, by breaking them up into several syllables, each syllable consisting of a consonant and a vowel or vowels following it.

The following rules will enable the pupils to ascertain which sound to give to th whenever they meet with it; whether to sound it (1) as in this, or (2) as in thing.

1. The first sound must be given to it in the beginning of all the

2. The second sound must be given to it in all other cases.

Examples.

bath	south
path	truth
faith	earth
death	north
both	thongpage 5
cloth	thing
froth	through
mouth	throw

The following groups of words are given as examples of the various sounds of the vowels. The business of the teacher will be to secure the accurate pronunciation of the English words. The Maori rendering of each word is given merely to make the lessons more interesting to the pupils :—