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Pakaru

broken, and breaking

One letter changes everything. Pakaru is the state of being broken. Pākaru, with a long ā, is the act of breaking it.

5 short steps · about 2 minutes

Watch the key moments, answer as you go, then use it at home.

Step 1 · Broken

The table is broken

First, the state of being broken.

Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.

Step 2 · Breaking

The act of breaking

Now the action. Listen for how the word changes.

Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.

Step 3 · Sort them

Broken or breaking?

Here's the answer to the original puzzle.

Match each piece of te reo to its meaning.

Step 4 · Build it

I am breaking it

Now the action, with the long ā.

I am breaking the table:

Step 5 · Your mission

Use it at home

This week, try one:

Point at something broken and say Kua pakaru Catch someone breaking something and use pākaru, with the long ā Teach someone the difference between pakaru and pākaru

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