Exercises & Homework

Just a few more examples to help with the lesson today and compare your answer with Te Murumāra's.

Today in our homework session Te Murumāra took you back to using ‘kaua e…’ to tell someone not do something. Pare is about to leave her friend’s house. How does her friend say ‘Wait, don’t forget your bag’?
  • Taihoa, he wāreti tāu?
  • Taihoa, kaua e wareware tō pēke
  • Taihoa, kei taka koe
  

How would you say 'We have a TV' in Māori?
  • He pouaka whakaata tā mātou
  • He pouaka whakaata tō mātou
  • He pouaka whakaata tō tātou
  

How would you say 'Murumāra has a problem' in Māori?
  • He raruraru tā Murumāra
  • He raruraru tō Murumāra
  • He raruraru tōna
  

How would you say 'My parents have a new farm' in Māori?
  • He pāmu hou tō aku mātua
  • He pāmu hou tā aku mātua.
  • He pāmu hou tō aku kaumātua
  

How would you say 'The child has a dog' in Māori?
  • He manu tā te tama
  • He ngeru tō te kotiro
  • He kurī tā te tamaiti
  

How would you say 'Māia has dirty shoes' in Māori?
  • He hū paruparu tā Māia
  • He hū paruparu ō Māia
  • He hū paruparu tō Māia
  

How would you say 'Tāmati has some money' in Māori?
  • He moni tō Tāmati
  • He moni ō Tāmati
  • He moni ā Tāmati
  

Re-arrange the words on the right-hand side to match the words on the left-hand side.

  • kite
  • paramount chief
  • butterfly
  • flies
  • postage stamp
  • pūrerehua
  • ariki
  • pane-kuini
  • manu tukutuku
  • ngaro

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