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@te-reo-maori
btw it's not spelled "Maori", it's Māori. the tohutō (the line above the vowel) is important for the pronunciation of the word. if you don't have the tohutō on your keyboard (it should be on your phone keyboard at least), it's "Maaori" as the tohutō lengthens the vowel it's placed over. never Maori, preferably Māori but Maaori in a pinch. thanks
Marlon Williams' new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka (The Messy House) is an album entirely in te reo Māori and I'm absolutely obsessed. I already loved his music and now I get a duet with Lorde in the Māori language?? if you need me, I'll be here for a while
Times are changing and so is publishing. What I want to do with this website is make Te Reo Māori: An Introductory Grammar and Workbook a bo
y'all please check out my friend alex's book!! its a free online resource for learning māori, the endangered indigenous language of new zealand, and we hope that it can help spread this beautiful language to even more people!
(plus this book is a blast hehe)
would love to turn people on to nz on screen, a free archive of new zealand and māori content with over 4500 titles!
the site is accessible in both english and te reo, and it includes over 500 films, 3000 tv series & specials, 2000 documentaries, as well as history series & specials, chat shows, musicals, lgbtq+ content, standup, children's shows, historic news & sports, and more :)
new zealand and māori filmmaking & content, particularly from before the late 2000s, can be exceptionally hard to track down and haven't been given the archival attention they deserve, so this is an amazing resource!
Tips and inspiration I got from Fluent In 3 Months by Benny Lewis
I recently read Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis. He’s a polyglot who was relentlessly mocked and made fun of in the langblr community a few years ago. Couple of days ago I came across his book on Scribd and decided to give it a go. I have gathered some of the language learning tips and nuggets of inspiration I got from his book. Many of them are nothing new or groundbreaking, but still legit, good pieces of advice or just great words of encouragement. Some of these tips may not make sense taken out of its context and listed like this, so if that’s the case, feel free to message me and ask me what it’s about or read the book yourself. • Learn a language to use it, to learn about the culture and people of the country, not to gain some side-benefits. • Live the language instead of learning it. • You can always make time to learn a language. • Surround yourself by your target language in your day-to-day living. • Start speaking your target language as soon as possible, don’t wait until you’re “ready”. • You should put two hours or more into studying the language every day, and ideally more. • Experiment with different studying methods to see which ones work for you. • Find fun, enjoyable ways to study. • Accents are charming, and native speakers speak in many different accents too. • Don’t compare yourself to others. • Push yourself out of your comfort zone and through the frustrating parts. • Keep going despite obstacles. • Be proud of your achievements. • Set specific end goals withing specific time frames. • By giving yourself a short deadline you are more likely to study efficiently. • Divide your language learning progress into “mini missions” where you tackle one problem at the time. • Make language learning fun by assigning yourself language learning tasks you enjoy. • You can use CEFR to measure your level of fluency. • Remember to take breaks to avoid burnout. • Announce your language learning mission to the world to make yourself more accountable. • Make sure you can both recognize and produce the new words you learn. • Use associations and visualizations when learning new words. • Use flashcards. • Implement spaced repetition system. • Start learning a language by learning full phrases or sentences. • Use songs to remember sentences. • Learn mini-scripts of typical, often used sentences and predictable exchanges. • Learn words and sentences you use the most first. • Create yourself an immersion environment and expose yourself to native speakers. • What matters is that you can understand and make yourself understood, not having perfect grammar and accent. • Body languages and social cues will help you understand what the other person is saying. • Listen for any particular words or segments of a person’s speech that you can understand and extrapolate what is being said from that. • You can use cheat-sheets when conversing with natives. • Go for “close enough” rather than perfect, keep it simple and be flexible. • Being incorrect is fine. • If you get corrected, take a note of it to get it right next time. • Don’t switch to your native language or the common language, stick to your target language. • No language is too difficult to learn. • Refer to cognates for heaps of “free” vocabulary. • Learn modal verbs (can, should, would like to, must, have to, want to) early on. • Learn conversational connectors or filler words to keep the conversation flowing. • “It’s not necessarily about having a ‘perfect’ approach, but continuing with a learning strategy that encourages you to improve and helps you make those improvements.” • Always look for ways to improve. • Hit the books and study as much grammar and do as many book-assigned exercises as you need to understand what you are learning. • Study through input - movies, TV-shows, radio, etc. • If you’re listening to an audio, take notes to make sure you are following what you’re hearing, or try to repeat it over to yourself. • Take an officially accredited examination for your language. • Once you’re good at conversing in the language, practice writing and reading more to reach a higher level of fluency. • Have inner dialogues with yourself in your target language. • You can learn in every moment by getting inspired by your surroundings. • Emulate your clothing sense, body language, distance between speakers, facial expressions, the topics you discuss, and all the things related to what native speakers would do to seem more like a native speaker. • Fix your pronunciation of certain letters/sounds early on to have a better accent. • Do sentence drilling and repeat native-recorded phrases. • Sing in your target language. • Pay attention to the particular prosody (rhythm, stress and intonation in speech) patterns of the language. • Trying to become a polyglot is a terrible goal. You can only become a polyglot if you are passionate about each language and not because you want to ‘collect’ a large number of languages. • If you’re not willing to put in the work, your chances of success drop. • It’s better to focus on one language until you’re comfortable with it and then turn your full attention to a second language. • Never listen to anyone who tells you what your limitations are. • There is no secret or magic formula to learning languages. • Use different body language and a sense of personality, a different mindset for each of your languages to compartmentalize them in your mind. • Learn basic grammar terminology (article, conjugation, adjective, case, preposition, possessive…), it will help you understand the language and your textbooks better. • Try laddering: learning a language through another language. • There are plenty of free or very low cost resources available, use them. • Spending a lot of money on language resources might pressure you to work harder because you’ve spend so money, but it’s debatable. • No course can be the one all-encompassing solution to your language learning problems. • Any time you spend researching for the best materials (or methods) will have been better spent actually practicing the language. • Keep a language log and document your language learning experience in some way. • Join some kind of language learning network.
international people start calling our country aotearoa instead of new zealand challenge
aotearoa is the te reo name for our country, commonly translated as "land of the long white cloud" as the story goes Kupe was guided to our whenua by following a long white cloud in the sky. new zealand is a name which was forced on us by colonizers who stole our precious land less than 200 years ago. by reverting back to the māori name you are metaphorically giving the land back to the tangata whenua, the people of the land, and we can begin to normalize using the proper names for things that should have always belonged to māori
heres a link to a good pronunciation, i recommend practicing saying it along to the video. but please remember that even if you cant get it perfect, say it anyway!! its better to try and get it slightly wrong than not try at all
Te Reo Māori Resources
Books
MEGA folder
Huia Publisher
Websites
Omniglot
Commonly Used Words
Māori Language Net
Newspapers
Swadesh List
Dictionaries
Victoria University
Te Aka
Ngata
Apps
Drops
Memrise
Te Aka
Tipu Te Reo Māori
Kōrerorero
Youtube
Ako Māori
Reo Māori
Bonus
Poi E - Pātea Māori Club
I’ve been trying to write down whenever I see a Te Reo Maōri word in the news or on social media that I don’t understand to expand my Te Reo knowledge, hopefully this list might be helpful to someone else as well:
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Tāngata tiriti - "People of the Treaty", or New Zealanders of non-Maori origin. Originally, Europeans who have a right to live in New Zealand under the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) but now including peoples of other ethnic origins who live in New Zealand.
Tauiwi - a non-Māori person, tau means foreign (like in tauwhenua) and iwi means bones/lineage so it’s like saying your bones/lineage are from a foreign land
Tauwhenua - a foreign land/country
Tangata whenua - (native) people of the land, can be individuals or iwi/hapū
Mana whenua - the iwi or hapū that have territorial rights over the land
Tūpuna - a grandparent or ancestor
Kaumātua - a respected tribal elder (of any gender)
Whakapapa - genealogy (“A person reciting their whakapapa proclaims their Māori identity, places oneself in a wider context, and links oneself to land and tribal groupings and the mana of those.”)
Mātauranga Māori - traditional/pre-colonial Māori knowledge and values
Tikanga Māori - traditional Māori customs/cultural practices
Mana - prestige/reputation
Portrait de un juvene femina Maori con moko (1891) | Louis John Steele (1842-1918)
Some reactions in te reo Māori
āe - yes
kāore (shortened: kāo) - no
ka mau te wehi! - fantastic, awesome
kino kē koe - you're good alright, awesome (koe can be replaced with other personal pronouns)
ko [koe] tonu a runga - [you're] the bomb!, [you're] awesome!
ka pai! - well done!, good!
Taika’s stories about The Lion King in Te Reo Māori, out now in theatres in Aotearoa
He rā pai te āianei. Ka ako te reo māori me ka aho te rā. He pūwerawera te huarere. Ā te auina iho ka rīti ahau ki te pukapuka. Auina iho i te ahiahi ka kai tātou ki te kai pai.
Some random nature words in te reo Māori
te awa - the river
te roto - the lake
te moana - the sea / ocean
te wai - the water
te maunga - the mountain
te whenua - the ground
te rangi - the sky
te marama - the moon
te ngahere - the forest
me: working with my bruce biggs book
book: "ka mate, te wahine, i te hiakai." (the woman is dying of hunger)
me: okay okay yeah i understand
book: "ka mate, te tamaiti, i te whakamā." (the child is ashamed)
me: cries in language learner
Currently working on a playlist with waiata in te reo Māori that I really like, to surround myself with my target language every day. It's a work in progress and I'll add songs regularly.
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maybe it's better to learn a language slowly. maybe we're too obsessed with things happening as quickly as possible. maybe it's more beautiful to dedicate years of your life to a language and have it grow with you as you journey through life rather than "become fluent in one week!". idk just a thought.
