LET'S LEARN MAORI
. BECAUSE interest in the Maori lanSuage and its use .has_ increased considerably ,in the last few years, particularly among new settlers in New
| Zealand, a course of 60 five-minute lessons has been prepared for the Talks Department of the NZBS by W. T. Ngata, of the Department of Maori Affairs. Each week five lessons will be broadcast, starting at 1YZ on Monday, June 7, at 6 55_p.m. Broadcasts from other stations will follow fairly closely to enable listeners who have missed any lessons to catch up on the series. Here is a summary of the first five lessons. (Listeners are advised to keep these panels for reference): (1) There are only 15 letters in the Maori alphabet. The consaqnants H, K, M, N, P, R, T, W, are pronounced as in English; WH is commonly "F," Ng as in singer. There are five vowels-A as in bath (papa, father), E as in get (kete, kit), I as in ski (hiwi, hill), O as in port (Hoko, buy), and U as in blue (hu, shoe). (2) The vowels have but one sound each, but the length varies. Papa-both vowels long (pa:pa:) means father; first vowel short and second long (pa-pa:) means bang; both vowels short (pa-pa-.) means "flat" or a board. The long vowel is indicated here by a colon (:) as in pa:pa: and the short vowel by — asin pa-pa-. . (3) The number of the noun depends on the number of the definitive which precedes it. For example, tenei tepu, this table, is singular, because tenei (this) is singular, and plural is enei (these), hence enei tepu, these tables. Here are some definitives: . Singular, tenei (this), plural, enei (these); tena (that, near you), ena (those, near you), tera (that, over there), and era (those, over there). (4) Here is a simple sentence in Maori: He tepu tenei-this is a table. It is an example of a sentence without a verb; there is no verb "to be" in Maori. (5) The adjective follows the noun-big table is tepu nui; this is a big table-he tepu nui tenei. Station 2YZ will broadcast the lessons on June 21 at 9.30 p.m., and 1YA on June 28 at 60 p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 25
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368LET'S LEARN MAORI New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 25
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