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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VI.
§§ 34 to 39.

1. He rakau nunui era. 2. Ma tana tamaiti enei pukapuka. 3. Na Tuau te toki i te kakau poto. 4. Kei ko nga pukapuka e wha ma maua. 5. Kei roto i te whare te toki nui. 6. He nui te whare o Taha. 7. He whare nui to korua. 8. No raua ko Turi tena whare kowhatu. 9. Ko te ara tena ki Rotorua. 10. No taua ngahere era rakau. 11. Kei a Turi to taua waka. 12. Ko wai te tangata i te potae ma? 13. No konei a Paku. 14. No Tauranga a Tupaea. 15. Ma koutou ko Turi, ko Heke ma, ena toki kotahi tekau ma tahi. 16. Ma Tuau ratou ko Ripi, ko Kupe era. 17. Hei runga i te moenga nga kakahu.

1. This is a stone. 2. That is my dog. 3. Those are tall trees. 4. That house is yours. 5. Theirs is a good canoe. 6. The name of his child is Rangi. 7. Those children are Turi's. 8. Those three new houses are Turi's, Rewa's, and mine. 9. The best of those five axes is for him. 10. The large house is mine. 11. Mine is a large house. 12. My house is large.