Title: First Lessons in Maori

Author: W. L. Williams

Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1930, Auckland

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

This text is the subject of: Victoria University of Wellington Library Catalogue

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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XIII.
§§ 51, 52, 53.

1. I kitea e wai tenei motu? 2. E hanga ana a Turi i te whare mo Tara ma. 3. I tikina e wai a Titore kia haere ki Paroa? 4. Tikina etahi hoa mo taua hei hapai i tenei rakau. 5. Ki te kore e kitea he waka moku ka haere ahau ma uta. 6. Kua timu ranei te tai inaianei? 7. Kihai ranei a Turu i kitea e Pomare? 8. I topea e aua tangata ki te toki nga rakau katoa o tenei ngahere. 9. Kahore ano ranei kia taona he kai ma a tatou manuhiri? 10. Kei te tahutahu a Paikea i tana waerenga. 11. I te mea e tahu ana koe i tau waerenga, kia tupato kei tahuna e koe te whare.

1. Turi wishes to stay at Rotorua to finish his house. 2. This house was not built by Turi for Horo last year. 3. If Paerau should not come to-morrow I will go to page 64 Taupo in order that I may see him. 4. Turi will not go to Te Kaha to-day lest he should not see you to-morrow. 5. If the tide were flowing now we should not reach Ohiwa. 6. If you should go to Pakihi to-day, is there any one (he tangata) there to give you food? 7. Is there any one here who knows the name of this tree? 8. Did you see that bird sitting on the tree? 9. Who taught you to read?