Homegrown · te reo from home
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present tense, the Ngāpuhi wayQuinton's first live wānanga: the tenses our grandparents actually used here in Ngāpuhi.
5 short steps · about 2 minutes
Watch the key moments, answer as you go, then use it at home.
The house is standing
There are two present tense structures. Quinton starts with the word tū, to stand.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
How do you say "the house is standing"?
99% of the time
Quinton has spent over 10,000 hours with hundreds of kaumātua.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
In Ngāpuhi, which present tense do you hear 99% of the time?
The fly is flying
A Ngāpuhi word for the insect, too.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
The fly is flying:
The words
Match each one.
Match each piece of te reo to its meaning.
Use it at home
This week, try one:
Lesson 88 complete
Ka rawe!
E … ana.
Homegrown · made from the Māori in a Minute video "Wānanga 1 (beginner)". Only the key teaching moments are kept.