"What Am I Doing in Māori?"
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What Am I Doing in Māori?
Kei te aha ahau? Learning action words in te reo Māori Year 3 - 20 minutes
Glossary - Action Words (Mahi)
kai - eat kōrero - talk/speak rere - run moe - sleep tākaro - play pānui - read waiata - sing kōpikopiko - dance
Kei te kai koe - You are eating
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: kai (eat)
Kei te kōrero koe - You are talking
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: kōrero (talk/speak)
Kei te rere koe - You are running
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: rere (run)
Kei te moe koe - You are sleeping
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: moe (sleep)
Kei te tākaro koe - You are playing
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: tākaro (play)
Kei te pānui koe - You are reading
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: pānui (read)
Kei te waiata koe - You are singing
Complete the sentence: Kei te ___ koe Answer: waiata (sing)
Kei te aha koe? - What are you doing?
Now you can ask the question! Practice with a partner Take turns asking and answering Use our action words from today
Ka pai! Well done!
Today we learned to ask 'Kei te aha koe?' We learned 8 action words in Māori We can now describe what we're doing Keep practicing these words at home! Māori language is a treasure of Aotearoa