Te Reo Māori – Te Ataarangi Method Lesson 2

If you are learning Te Reo Māori using the Te Ataarangi Method and cusininaire rods, I hope that these flashcards will help you consolidate what you are learning in class.

21 Ways to Use Cuisenaire Rods

Please note that my flashcard plugin doesn’t recognize macrons (the tūhoto) so I’ve adopted the old way of doubling the vowel where a macron would normally be present.  This just means that you hold that syllable for longer but it doesn’t change the sound of the vowel at all, just the length.

 

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  • Listen
    Whakarongo
  • Pay attention
    Arohia
  • Look (here)
    Tiitiro (mai)
  • "Speak (to me), tell me"
    Koorero (mai)
  • "take (away, off etc)"
    tangohia
  • leave (on etc)
    waihotia
  • take the blue stick
    tangohia te raakau kikorangi
  • leave the orange stick
    waihotia te raakau karaka
  • and (for nouns)
    me
  • the red stick and the white stick
    te raakau whero me te rakaau maa
  • the orange stick and the blue stick
    te raakau karaka me te raakau kikorangi
  • the black sticks and the white sticks
    ngaa raakau mangu me ngaa raakau maa
  • the blue sticks and the green sticks
    ngaa raakau kikorangi me mgaa raaka kaakariki
  • (dark) blue
    kahurangi
  • "(light, sky) blue"
    kikorangi
  • orange
    karaka
  • green
    kaakaariki
  • (light) green
    kohekohe
  • white
    maa
  • yellow
    koowhai
  • red
    whero
  • pink
    maawhero
  • purple
    waiporoporo
  • black
    "pango, mangu"
  • brown
    "paraone, parauri"
  • I have a question.
    He paatai taaku.
  • What's the Maaori word for ...?
    He aha te kupu Maaori mo ...?

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