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Kōwhā

to open up (shellfish)

Pipi for dinner. Here's the word for opening them up, and lots of other things like them.

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

Step 1 · The word

Opening up seafood

The word works for pipi, any seafood, and other things you open up the same way.

Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.

Step 2 · Say it

Build the sentence.

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Step 3 · Match

Match the word and sentence to their meanings.

Step 4 · Check

The word stretches further than seafood.

Step 5 · Your mission

Next time there's pipi or mussels, use kōwhā Opening something up the same way? Kōwhā Say what the kids are doing: Kōwhā pipi ana ngā tamariki nei