Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes:

    Students will be able to:

    • say when people were born, where they grew up, where people come from, how many children people have.
    • know some common occupations
    • be able to use the prefix kai- to express job titles

    Useful Narrative Phrases

    I whanau mai (s) i te tau (year                                          (s) was born in the year ……….
    I tipu ake (s) i (place).                                                        (s) grew up in (place)
    I te taha o toku whaea/matua, no (place/iwi) (s).            On my mother/father’s side, (s) is from
    Toko(number) ā rāua tamariki                                           They (2people) have (number) children


    Occupations

    tākuta         doctor             pirihimana           policeman            kaiako                teacher
    tumuaki      principal          roia                      lawyer                   kaihanga            builder


    Kai + mahi

    We all must work to put kai (food) on the table. In pre colonial times, Māori hunted, planted and grew their food. Thus, when we put the word kai before a verb it describes the person that does that work. For example:

    kaimahi = worker                     kaikōrero =speaker                      kaiwaiata = singer