Homegrown · te reo from home
Tumu
a stumpA wheelbarrow with no wheel, leaning against a stump. Basic in English, but when did you last hear it in te reo?
5 short steps · about 2 minutes
Watch the key moments, answer as you go, then use it at home.
Basic, practical, everyday
Quinton is from Kaikohe. These words are commonplace there, but not for most learners.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
Why are words like this hard to learn?
What's left behind
A tree that's been cut down.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
What's a stump called?
Against the stump
The wheelbarrow and what it's doing.
Play the clip. The activity appears when it finishes.
Match each piece of te reo to its meaning.
How you get a tumu
Think about what happened to the tree.
A tumu is left behind when a tree is…
Use it at home
This week, try one:
Lesson 66 complete
Ka rawe!
Tumu, huripara, whirinaki.
Homegrown · made from the Māori in a Minute video "Language Insight #217". Only the key teaching moments are kept.