LET'S LEARN MAORI

New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 29

LET'S LEARN MAORI

HERE isa surmmmary of the next set of Lessons in Maori (six to ten), prepared _ for the NZBS Talks Department by W. T. Ngata, of the Department of

Maori Affairs. This weekly series, which ~ has already started at 1YZ, will begin at 2YZ on June 21, 1YA on June 28, and 2YA on July 26. There are 60 lessons all told. Listeners are advised to keep this panel for reference: (6) A common noun in Maori must always be preceded by a definitive, e.g. tenei tepu (this table), he tepu (a table). Tenei and he are the definitives. (7) Farther list of definitives: Singular, te-the, taua-the aforesaid, that; plural, nga-the, auathe aforesaid, those. The difference: this is a man-he tangata tenei, this is the man-ko te tangata tenei. (8) Always introduce the simple sentence by ko when the definitive preceding the noun is other than the indefinite article, a or he. This is the man-ko te tangata tenei. More definitives are: Singular, taku-my, toku-my, my hattoku potae; plural, aku, my, okumy, my axe-taku toki. (9) Further definitives: Singular, tau-your, tou-your, tanahis, tona-his; plural, au, your, ou-your, ana-his, ona-his. .. (10) List of classified definitives: Articles, te-the, he-a, tetahi-a, taua-the aforesaid; plural, nga-the, he-some, etahi -some, aua-the aforesaid. Demonstrative adjectives: Singular, tenei-this, tena-that (near you), tera-that (over there); plural, enei-these, ena-those (near you), era-those (over there). Interrogative pronouns: Singular, tehea-which? Plural: eheawhich. Possessive pronouns: Singular, taku, toku-my, tau, touyour, tana, tona-his; plural, aku, oku-my, au, ou-your, ana, ona--his.