🧩 Verb-Initial Word Order
Māori phrase of the day: Ka kai te tamaiti i te āporo.
= The child eats the apple.
Ka kai te tamaiti i te āporo i mua i te kura.
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@gonglogic.com🧩 Verb-Initial Word Order
Māori phrase of the day: Ka kai te tamaiti i te āporo.
= The child eats the apple.
Ka kai te tamaiti i te āporo i mua i te kura.
@gonglogic.comMāori quiz: remember this one?
kei te pēhea koe, e kui
What does it mean? Reply with your guess — the answer is on its page.
@gonglogic.com🌀 Hui and Working Together
Māori phrase of the day: te wāhi mahi
= the workplace / place of work
Kei te hiahia mātou ki te whakapai ake i te reo Māori i te wāhi mahi.
@gonglogic.com🧩 Location Particles (Ki, I, Kei, Hei)
Māori phrase of the day: ki te whare
= to the house / to the building
Kei te hoki mai a Kui ki te whare, ki te whānau.
@gonglogic.comFrom "KupuMate: Learn Māori" (Māori):
Nō Ōtautahi tōku whānau, engari kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara au.
“My family is from Christchurch, but I live in Wellington.”
Word to spot: au = I; me
@gonglogic.comMāori quiz: remember this one?
kia ora
What does it mean? Reply with your guess — the answer is on its page.
@gonglogic.com🧩 Personal Pronouns (Singular, Dual, Plural)
Māori word of the day: au
= I; me
Nō Ōtautahi tōku whānau, engari kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara au.
“My family is from Christchurch, but I live in Wellington.” — KupuMate: Learn Māori
@gonglogic.comDid you know? Māori: tāku pukapuka
@gonglogic.com🧩 A and O Possessive Categories
Māori word of the day: tāku pukapuka
= my book
Kei roto tāku pukapuka i taku pēke.
“My book is in my bag.”
@gonglogic.comMāori quiz: remember this one?
te huarahi
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@gonglogic.com📚 Kura and Kōhanga Reo
Māori phrase of the day: nau mai ki te kura
= welcome to school
Nau mai ki te kura, e ngā tamariki, kia pai tō koutou rā!
“Welcome to school, children, have a wonderful day!”
@gonglogic.com🌀 Marae Visits and Pōwhiri
Māori phrase of the day: nau mai ki te marae
= welcome to the marae
Nau mai ki te marae, e ngā manuhiri, haere mai ki roto.
“Welcome to the marae, visitors, come inside.”
@gonglogic.com🧩 Present Continuous (Kei te)
Māori phrase of the day: kei te haere au
= I am going
Kei te haere au ki a Tama.
“I'm going to Tama.” — KupuMate: Learn Māori
@gonglogic.comFrom "KupuMate: Learn Māori" (Māori):
Ka haere mai rāua ki konei ākuanei.
“They will come here soon.”
Word to spot: ka haere = will go
@gonglogic.com👪 Whānau Gatherings
Māori phrase of the day: kei te pēhea koe, e kui
= how are you, grandmother?
Kei te pēhea koe, e kui? Kua takatū te kapu tī māu.
@gonglogic.com🧩 Tense and Aspect Particles
Māori word of the day: ka haere
= will go
Ka haere mai rāua ki konei ākuanei.
“They will come here soon.” — KupuMate: Learn Māori
@gonglogic.comDid you know? Māori: kia ora = hello / hi / thank you
@gonglogic.com👋 Greetings and Mihi
Māori word of the day: kia ora
= hello / hi / thank you
Kia ora mō tō arataki i a māua.
“Thank you for guiding us two.” — KupuMate: Learn Māori
@gonglogic.com🩺 Health and Wellbeing
Māori word of the day: te okiokinga
= the rest / place of rest
Ko te okiokinga te mea me whai e koe i muri i te mahi taumaha.
“Rest is what you must seek after hard physical work.”
@gonglogic.comMāori quiz: remember this one?
te wharenui
What does it mean? Reply with your guess — the answer is on its page.
