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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XI.
§§ 43 to 45.

1. E noho ana te tamaiti a Kuiwai i te taha o te ahi. 2. I tu a Paerau ki te taha o te roto. 3. Kua tae a Paikea ma runga i te waka ki Hawaiki. 4. Akuanei ka totohu te waka; he taimaha rawa te utanga. 5. Kua piki ake a Tawhaki ki te tihi o te maunga. 6. Kihai a Pahiko i tae ki Hawaiki. 7. Tera e rere te waka o Turi ki Aotea. 8. E whakato ana a Kupe ma i a ratou kumara inanahi. 9. He u tena pou; e kore e hinga. 10. Kahore ano (not yet) ranei kia tupu nga rau o tena rakau? 11. E moe ranei koutou ki Whangara? 12. Ka haere tonu matou; e kore e moe ki reira. 13. Ka haere matou a te raumati ki Paroa.

1. Turi is looking for his dog. 2. Those four men were resting on the hill. 3. Kupe and Tara did not go to Taupo this morning. 4. Turi has arrived at Aotea. 5. Kumara will not grow at Otakou; there is too much (nui rawa) frost there. 6. Titore and his companions will return to-morrow. 7. Kae did not fall off the ladder. 8. You will fall presently in that slippery place. 9. Will Tara's son go to Otaki on Thursday? 10. The tide is flowing now; our canoe will float at noon. 11. The fuel is very wet; the fire will not burn. 12. We will go to Taupo the day after to-morrow.