Kia ora, Kei te pehea koe? (comment down below how you are)
Welcome to my blog today we were doing some Maori word definitions. Here are the definitions.
No hea koe / where are you from
Nop hea au/ahau / where am I from
No hea ia / where are they /he/she from?
No (place) koe/ you are from
No (place) I am from
No (place) ia he/she is from
Au / Ahau – I
Koe – you
Ia – he / she
My – Toku / Taku
Your – Tou / Tau
His / Hers – Tona / Tano
Greetings Kia ora / hi or hello
Morena – good morning
Ata Marie – good day
AhiAhi Marie – good afternoon
Po Marie – Good Night
Tena Koe – hello to 1 person
Ko wai / what name
Ko wai tou ingoa? – What is your name?
Ko wai koe? – Who are you?
Ko (Your name) toku ingoa – My name is.
Tena koe Ko Frankie toku ingoa!!
Aroha – Aroha is the Maori word for love.
Mana – Mana means power.
Koha – Koha is the word for gift.
Tangi – Tangi is the word for crying.
Taonga – Taonga is the word for property.
Waiata – Waiata is the word for sing.
Whenua – Whenua is the word for country.
Waka – Waka is the word for a big Maori boat.
Whanau – Whanau is the word for family.
Here are some farewells aswell !!
Ma te waa – see you later
kakite – good bye
Hei aapoopoo – see you tomorrow
Script:
In this part i’m going to be showing introduction because, when you say kia ora to someone and introduce yourself it sounds werid walking away without out a farwell !
Kia ora, Ko wai tou ingoa? Ko Frankie Ahau, Nice to meet you ! Ma te waa !!
Thank you for reading my blog hope you have an great day.