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Whānau Connections Introduction

Read the dialogue, then complete the activities. Pay attention to who is being greeted and how many people are being addressed. Macrons matter: they can change how a word is pronounced.

Read the dialogue

At a pizza shop, Ngaio sees her aunt Ana and cousin Harrison arrive. Ngaio: Tēnā kōrua, Ana rāua ko Harrison! Kei te pēhea kōrua? Ana: Kei te pai, e moko. Kei te pēhea koe? Ngaio: Kei te pai hoki. Kei konei taku whānau mō te kai. Harrison: Ka pai! Kia ora, e te whānau. Language notes: Tēnā koe is a greeting to one person. Tēnā kōrua is used for two people. For three or more people, use the greeting form for a group. Kei te pēhea koe? means “How are you?” Kei te pai means “I’m well” or “That’s good.” Whānau can mean family and may include a wider network of people connected through care and relationships.

Understand and use the greetings

Use the dialogue and language notes to solve each task.

1.Ngaio says “Tēnā kōrua” to Ana and Harrison. How many people is she greeting, and why is this form suitable?

2.Choose the greeting Ngaio should use if three relatives arrive together: Tēnā koe, Tēnā kōrua, or Tēnā koutou.

Tēnā koe
Tēnā kōrua
Tēnā koutou

3.Match each te reo Māori phrase to its English meaning.

Kei te pēhea koe?
Kei te pai.
Kia ora.
taku whānau

I’m well / That’s good.
my family
Hello / Thanks / Be well.
How are you?

4.Complete the exchange: “Kei te pēhea koe?” “.” Give the reply used or suggested by the dialogue.

5.True or false: The dialogue suggests that whānau only means people who live in the same house.

TrueFalse

6.Translate into English: “Kei konei taku whānau mō te kai.”

7.Ngaio is greeting Ana, Harrison, and another cousin. Write the greeting Ngaio could use, including the people’s names.

8.In the dialogue, what does Harrison’s “Kia ora, e te whānau” communicate about the group he is addressing?

9.Write a two-line greeting exchange in te reo Māori between two people meeting at the pizza shop. Include a greeting and a response to “Kei te pēhea koe?”