Homegrown · te reo from home
Ka
telling a storyA common mistake, even from kids who have spoken Māori at school for years.
5 short steps · about 2 minutes
Watch the key moments, answer as you go, then use it at home.
The tense
When you tell a story, you set the tense at the start.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
Telling a story in the past, how often do you mark the past tense?
Ka
After that first i, what do native speakers use?
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
You replace everything with…
Set it, then ka
One word sets the tense, another carries the story.
Match each piece of te reo to its meaning.
Natural speaking
Where do you hear this happen?
Replacing everything with ka happens in…
Use it at home
This week, try one:
Lesson 84 complete
Ka rawe!
Ka.
Homegrown · made from the Māori in a Minute video "Using Ka". Only the key teaching moments are kept.