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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XVII.
§§ 71, 72.

1. He tangata tenei e haere ana ki Taupo apopo. 2. Ka tae ki hea te waka i rere mai nei i Tauranga i te Turei? 3. He nui te riri o Turi ki te tangata e hanga ra i tona whare. 4. No wai te whare ka oti ra te tapatu? 5. Ko te whare tera o Turi e tu mai ra i tawahi o te awa. 6. Ko Tara te tangata nana nei i hua nga ingoa o enei whenua. 7. Ehara i a Titore nana i tahu te waka. 8. I peke matou ki Opoutama, i ungia ra taua wahi i mua e Tupaea. 9. Ko Hineko te wahine mana e raranga he takapau mou. 10. Ko Ripi raua ko Pou nga tangata nana i to te waka ki tatahi.

1. Kupe, who met me on the beach yesterday, went to Wairoa this morning. 2. Which is the canoe which is sailing to Motiti? 3. Who is the woman who is sitting at the front of the house? 4. Taeo has left off reading the book which you gave him. 5. That tree which has been sawn up is from the other side of the river. 6. Was Tara the man who built the pa on that island? 7. Tuau is not the boy who fetched your canoe. 8. They came by (upon) the Arawa [canoe], which canoe was burnt by Raumati. 9. Who are the men who are to drag the canoe to the water?