Te reo Māori - Practise with your children

Greetings

Tēnā koe = hello to one person
Tēnā kōrua = hello to two people
Tēnā koutou = hello to three or more

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Feelings / How are you feeling?

Kei te pēhea koe? How are you? 
Kei te pai ahau. I am good.
Kei te hōhā ahau. I am fed up.
Kei te ngenge ahau. I am tired.
Kei te pukuriri ahau. I am angry.

Our children have also learnt how to say the following emotion words:
Pōuri = sad
Harikoa = happy
Hiamo = excited 
Hiakai = hungry
Hiainu = thirsty

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Describing the colour of an object

He colour te object​             The object is __________.

We can demonstrate this by describing what colour some pens are.
The students know the following colour words:

Mā = white
Whero = red
Kākāriki = green
Pango/Mangu = black
Kōwhai = yellow
Parauri = brown
Kikorangi = blue
Karakaraka = orange
Mā whero = pink
Kiwikiwi = grey
Waiporoporo = purple