Māori · A2 · Unit 1
Last weekend
Te mutunga wiki kua pahure
By the end you can
- Tell someone what you did last weekend
- Ask follow-up questions about someone's weekend
- Understand a short story about a weekend
Words and phrases
| Māori | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| i te mutunga wiki kua pahure | last weekend, the weekend just gone | I aha koe i te mutunga wiki kua pahure? |
| i hoki ahau ki te marae | I went back to my marae, my family's home ground | I hoki ahau ki te marae i te Rāhoroi. |
| toro | visit | I toro mātou ki tōku kuia. |
| i ngahau? | was it fun? | I ngahau te haerenga ki Taupō? |
| nē? | really?, is that so? (also: isn't it?) | Nē? Nō reira, i haere koe me wai? |
| kātahi ka aha? | and then what? | Kātahi ka aha? Kōrero mai! |
| i haere koe me wai? | who did you go with? | I haere koe me wai ki Tongariro? |
| hīkoi i te ngahere | go tramping, walk in the bush | I te Rātapu, i haere mātou ki te hīkoi i te ngahere. |
| i whakaaro mātou ki te | we meant to, we were thinking of | I whakaaro mātou ki te noho puni, engari i ua. |
| ko te mea kē | actually, the thing is | Ko te mea kē, i noho noa ahau i te kāinga. |
| te roanga o te rā | all day | I ua te roanga o te rā i te Rātapu. |
Write about yourself
Fill in the gaps with something true about you.
- I te mutunga wiki kua pahure, i ahau.
- I te Rāhoroi i , kātahi ka .
- I tino te haerenga.
Then talk it through
On Monday a colleague asks about your weekend and tells you about theirs. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.