LET'S LEARN MAORI
ERE is a summary of the next set of lessons in Maori (51-55), prepared for the NZBS Talks Department by W. T. Négata, of the Department of Maori
a Affairs. i his weekly series is now being heard from 1YZ, 2YZ, 1YA and 2YA. There are to be 60 lessons in all, and it is suggested that listeners following the series should keep this panel tor referénce. (Lesson 51) Telling the Time: One o'clock is Tahi karaka’ (karaka means clock); two o’clock is rua karaka. A.M. is I te atain the morning, , 80 1.0 a.m. is Tahi karaka i te ata. P.M. is I te ahiahi, so 3.0 p.m. is Toru karaka i te ahiahi. P.M. may also be expressed by "I te po," in the night -so 8.0 p.m. is waru karaka i te po. (Lesson 52) Revision on Time: 10.0 a.m. is tekau karaka i te ata; 10.0 p.m. is tekau karaka i te po (literally 10 o'clock in the night). Midnight is waenganui po- the middle of the night. (Lesson 53) 1.5 a.m. is E rima meneti te pahitanga o te tahi karaka i te ata-five minutes the passing of the one o’clock in the morning. Meneti means minutes, pahitanga is passing. 1.55 p.me rima meneti ki te rua karaka i te ahiahi (five minutes to two o'clock in the afternoon). 7.43 am.-tekau ma whitu meneti ki te whitu i te ata. NOTE: Karaka has been dropped; this is often done. (Lesson 54) The days of the week are Monday, Mane; Tuesday, Turei; Wednesday, Wenerei; Thursday, Taite; Friday, Paraire; Saturday, Hatarei; Sunday, Ratapu. Months of the year: January, Hanuere; February, epuere; March, Maehe; April, Aperira; May, Mei; June, Hune; July, Hurae; August, Akuhata; September, Hepetema; October, Oketopa; November, Noema; December, Tihema. ~ (Lesson 55) Dates: January 19, 1952, is Ke te tekau ma iwa o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau kotahi mano rita tekau ma rua. It is the nineteenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. Revision.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 786, 13 August 1954, Page 29
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340LET'S LEARN MAORI New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 786, 13 August 1954, Page 29
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