Let's Learn Maori: A Guide to the Study of the Maori LanguageLet's Learn Maori was designed by Maori language expert Bruce Biggs in 1969. He covers the parts of speech, the structure of each type of phrase, and the combinations of phrases that form simple sentences. Each aspect of the grammar is discussed in a numbered section or subsection and illustrated by sentence examples. A combined vocabulary and index provides an ingenious and convenient reference system. There is also a section on pronunciation, but the student is warned that a written explanation is no substitute for the actual sounds spoken by native speakers of the language. |
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
The articles | 7 |
4 | 13 |
Comments introduced by i and | 21 |
The locatives koo konei konaa koraa reira | 146 |
The postposed particle hoki | 152 |
Explanatory predicates to stative sentences | 162 |
Days weeks months and years | 164 |
A brief guide to pronunciation | 170 |
Common terms and phrases
actor emphatic ahau anoo base constituent definite article derived nouns Dialectal Ehara English Hata heard on Track hoatu hoki indicates ka mate Kaahore kaainga Kaatahi karanga Kaua Kei hea ki te koia konei koorero kootiro kore kotahi koutou Kupe locative particles Maarama Maaui mahi Mahuika manner particles mate meaning naana nga tamariki ngaro noho nominal phrase nucleus numbers phrase beginning phrase containing Pita plural poaka postposed particle postposed periphery predicate preposed periphery Pronounce Pronunciation proper article pseudo-verbal raakau raatou raaua rangatira rawa reduplication reira Rewi runga slot stative subordinate T-class T-class possessives taaua Tainui taku Tama-te-kapua Tamahae tamaiti tamariki tana tangata ra taua Te Rauparaha teenei teeraa teetahi tekau maa tense titiro tonu tooku toona translated universal verbal particle verbal phrase verbal sentence vowel wahine waiata waka whaka Whakatau whare woman