Exercises & Homework

Let's take one more look at our learning point from today and check our answer with Te Murumāra.

Te Murumāra wants to know how to say ‘You have my dress don’t you?’ in Māori.  

How would you say 'Kāore he pukapuka ā ngā tamariki' in English?
  • Craig has no table
  • Albert has no computer
  • The children have no books
  

How would you say 'Māka and his wife have no land' in Māori?
  • Kāore he kānara tā Pita
  • Kāore he waina tā Mere
  • Kāore he whenua ō Māka rāua ko tana wahine
  

How would you say 'Mere has no Christmas tree' in Māori?
  • Kāore he kōpae waiata ā Mere
  • Kāore he rākau Kirihimete ā Mere
  • Kāore he kōpae kiriata tā Hine
  

How would you say 'Nīkora and Irihāpeti have no horse' in Māori?
  • Kāore he hōiho ō Nikora rāua ko Irihāpeti
  • Kāore he paihikara tō Irihāpeti
  • Kāore he whare tō Nikora
  

How would you say 'I have no rugby ball' in Māori?
  • Kāore āku pāoro whutupāoro
  • Kāore āku waina
  • Kāore ōku tēneti
  

How would you say 'Him and I have no dog' in Māori?
  • Kāore ā māua kurī
  • Kāore ā māua kiore
  • Kāore ā mātou manu
  

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

  • trouble
  • glad
  • approve
  • liar
  • call on the phone
  • whakaae
  • whakateka
  • patu waea
  • māreherehe
  • koa

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