Section outline

  • PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING to learn language features so that we can...
    • describe tikanga (customs) associated with mihi
    • share mihi to their classmates
    • perform a waiata tautoko
    • recite a karakia

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    Success Criteria:

    Students should be able to:

    • place items in the correct category( ā or ō)
    • show that an item belongs to someone using a or o correctly

    Hei Mahi

    In English we can show that something belongs to someone else by using an apostrophe then S 

    E.g. Hoani's nose or Mere's pen

    In te reo Māori there is no letter ‘s’  so we have to rearrange the sentence instead.

    eg. Hoani’s nose becomes the nose of Hoani.

          Mere's pen becomes the pen of Mere

    The word ‘of’ is either ‘a’ or ‘o’ depending on which category the noun falls into. 

    ‘nose’ is ‘o’ category because it is a part of something so the sentence becomes.

    te ihu o Hoani (the nose of Hoani or Hoani's nose)

    'pen' is in 'a' category as it is a portable object so the sentence becomes: 

       te pene a Mere (the pen of Mere or Mere's pen)


    Complete the worksheet that has been assigned on our google classroom page.