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Matapēhi day one:
Learnt(ing) new words for "valiant warrior," "revolt," "fight with losses on both sides," "attendant," "long wooden trumpet," and "fog," and a couple others.
The kupu, respectively: mumu, whana, haupārua, hāwini, pūkāea, kohu.
This is shaping up to be a great book.
I've recently been watching Te Kauwaka (Avatar the Last Airbender in te reo Māori).
Comprehension: 8/10. I understand most of it, but there are a few times where I don't know a word or two, or a sentence's grammar structure is a bit new for me.
Focus: 7/10. Sometimes my mind can drift, but I'm generally quite focused while watching it.
Effort: 4/10. This series is relatively easy, but I do have to use some effort to understand it all.
All in all it's enjoyable and a great resource for learning the language.
With this latest wind warning in Canterbury I have been thinking that we need a really good name for these nor'westers. After all there is the Santa Ana in California and the Sirocco in Europe.
My Te Reo is almost non existent but I have come up with:
Te manawa o taniwha
The breath of the taniwha.
I like it. What say you?
Such energy today at hikoi Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week Parade) at Te Tāhuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington Waterfront)
Another two months, another 50 hours, another learning te reo blog post!
I'm still amazed that I can watch tv or read the news in a different language, understand most of it, and learn from it. Combine that with vocab and grammar study and it's going well!
https://skivling.codeberg.page/te-reo-200hr
#TeReoMāori #TeReo #LearningTeReo #LanguageLearning @languagelovers
Te Reo ~
We have two alternative universes happening in Aotearoa.
A Gvt with a racist agenda trying to strip out te reo in every way imaginable
Community/social orgs, local Councils, many companies & large numbers of NZers continuing to integrate and use te reo in their daily lives in a multitude of ways.
The "stop te reo" crowd are on a bus to nowhere. #tereo #NZPol