Week 5 with Pa Jack

Wow, every time Pa Jack comes in I get a new piece of information and realise that the Maori Langauge is very logical...

Jack noticed our Matrix wall at the back and translated our Novice, Practitioner and Expert into Maori

Novice = teina
Practitioner = tuakana
Expert = tohunga



Tatou ringa

Kore - zero - swish
tahi - one finger
rua - two fingers
toru - three fingers
wha - two fingers twice
rima - all fingers 5

ono - all fingers + one finger
whitu - all fingers + two fingers
waru - all fingers + three fingers
iwa - all fingers + two fingers twice
tekau - pinch all five fingers and twist (huri)
twenty - pana/push five fingers into palm then flick/whiou

ko wha me te toru 4 + 3 = 7 Ka tahi ko te aha? What is it? What does it equal?
Kei te tiki? Is that right?

Time for
E hia ngā turu?  How many objects?
tekau ngā turu.  10 chairs
(When counting items less then 10 we keep the 'E' in place, when it is 10 and above we drop the 'E')

E hia ngā pene?  How many pens?
44 ngā pene.  We have 44 pens

E hia ngā....

turu - 23 rua tekau ma toru
pene - 44 wha tekau ma wha
kutikuti -
tepu -
matapihi
kuaha -
pukapuka -

Haere ki te whariki, kia tiri!!  (come down to the mat, hurry)