Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes

    Students should be able to:

    • name and describe buildings and objects in the classroom
    • name people and their jobs in the school
    • recognise and use the words (t)ēnei, (t)ēnā, (t)ērā

    Describing Objects

    This week we will be adding to what we learned last term about describing sentences.

    He (adjective) te (noun)


    Tēnei, tēnā & tērā. 

    The endings ‘nei, nā & rā’ are used to indicate the location of something.
    nei indicates that the object is near the person speaking
    nā indicates that the object is near the person being spoken to 
    rā indicates that the object away from both people in the conversation OR ‘over there’


    Singular

    Plural

    tēnei

    this (by me)

    ēnei

    these

    tēnā

    that (by you)

    ēnā

    those (by you)

    tērā

    that (over there)

    ērā

    those (over there)


    To ask someone what something is we often use the words we ask He aha? (What?)