How to use "He - Te - Ngā" | MAORI LANGUAGE LESSON FOR BEGINNERS
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HE - TE - NGĀ
I'll admit, this was one of the harder videos to make...and I can really appreciate why people struggle with the differences between the two!
In case you don't/can't watch the video I'll provide a write up below:
Te and Ngā are used to define SPECIFIC things
Te, being singular
Ngā, being plural
Eg.
The shop = te toa
The shops = ngā toa
*Note - this is just one way to use "te". There are quite a few other rules to using te (check out maoridictionary.co.nz to see more)
I also finally realised why "te" is so confusing!
Te can also be included with other words to create their own little phrases. Eg.
Kei te
Ki te
I te
The tricky thing here is (and it's not really seen in English hence why it's probably so tricky!) is that all these phrases can't be dissected in to two separate words...one without the other renders the phrase meaningless (or not meaning what it's supposed to)
For example, we can use "kei" to mean the location of something. If you add te xxx after it you have a phrase that looks like:
Kei te toa - at the shop
The actual break down of the sentence is:
Kei / te toa
At / the shop
Compare that too:
Kei te oma ia - he is running
Kei te / oma / ia
Is / running / her
Hopefully that explains it well enough to make sense!
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"He" - In general it means NON-SPECIFIC things...a bit like "a" in English. Eg.
He toa - A shop
He pōtae - A hat
"He" is also tricky depending what word comes next.
in the video I've broken it down in to two separate things:
1.
He + adjective + noun (specific noun using "te")
is used to describe a specific noun. Eg:
He + pai (good) + te pōtae (the hat)
The hat is good - notice we're talking about THE hat, not A hat
2.
He + noun + adjective
is used to describe a non-specific noun. Eg.
He + pōtae + pai
A good hat - notice were talking about A hat, not THE hat
Let me know what you think, and if it makes sense!
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Ka pai! I’ve just started a Te Reo class and these vids are a fantastic aid to work I’m doing in an immersion class. RESPECT
I'm glad 🙏🙏
BRO!!!!! Thanks so much for these videos! can you please keep making more of these sentence ones??? Soooo helpful. I especially notice that I struggle when saying a sentence with multiple nouns and or verbs... But more help building sentences would be great! I'm going to work on "he" too, I had a basic understanding of it but this video showed how much more work I need to do! Cheers
+Andrew Veale for sure brother, for sure! Got pleeeenty of more content in the pipeline 😊
Ngā mihi
thank's bud my dad want's me to learn te-reo maori so you really are helping!
Awesome e hoa I'm glad to hear the vids are helping 👌
This is very helpful. So, te pukapuka for 1 book, nga pukapuka for more than one. I'm 55 and it is definitely harder learning as you get older! I have just painfully learnt the 1st part of the NZ national anthem. Would be good for a proper breakdown of the words of it.
Glad to hear it's a helpful breakdown. Thanks for the comment 😊
You are such a clever teacher . Loving it. Thanks
Thanks Ruth, I'm glad it helped 👍
Thank you so much for this!!!
Nobprobs
Grant really appreciate your style of teaching te reo love the explanations and examples simplistic in your delivery
Kia ora e hoa thanks for commenting... Glad it helps
super informative & logical lesson - will use this adjective-noun structure a lot I'm sure
Thanks Anna, I'm glad it helped!
Really good explanation thanks!
My pleasure
😮 Ae Tino whēuaua 😮thanks Grant, that's a curly one but you've done a great job of explaining it. 👍
Hope it helped e hoa
He pai te kaiako o te reo Maori.
Would that be right? 🤔
Kia ora from Melbourne. New subbie here!
Kia ora :-)
Hmm we use tu in standard Malay instead of te..but a dialect that I know of did use te 🤔.. but we dont use te (or tu) for definite and indefinite article ..
He nui te kurī.
He tere te kōtiro
He mōhio te ngeru
He kino te ika.
🙌
Great explanation thanks, so for the first use ‘te’ is the equivalent of the definite article ‘the’ and ‘he’ is the equivalent of the indefinite article ‘a’. And what is the plural of ‘he’ (ie. if you want to say ‘some’ instead of ‘a’)? Or is ‘he’ plural too? Like if you wanted to say ‘some good hats’?
Correct
He kaiako pai - a good teacher. He pai te kaiako - the teacher is good. Homai te kapu- pass me the cup. Hhomai he kapu - pass me a cup
Hi, could you explain Te in the greeting “Kia Ora e Te whanau?
Am just starting my Te Reo journey and would love to understand that, is it saying “the whanau” is confusing me slightly
Thanks
Rather than think of it as "the whanau", think of "e te" as being a slightly formal way of addressing the next kupu
E te whanau
E te rangatira
E te kaiako
Kia ora e hoa, does "he pai te atua o te potae" mean the hat looks good? And does that mean I could say "he pai te atua o te potae ra" if I liked a hat on the wall at the shop?
ahua, not atua
@@brendorcrooked bloody autocorrect, so whats the answer to the question
correct
I have ADHD and i am so confused lol oh well, i'll keep trying to understand
Kia kaha
Damn
Kia ora
@@grantwhitbourne Morena! 🥰
kei te oma he kaiako ki te toa. A teacher is running to the store (maybe).
In this case instead of 'he' you would use tētahi
Ko ka rawe to mahi e hoa. Tena koe cuz
No probs e hoa 🙌
Tangata pai Kia Ora
Kia ora