How to say 100+ sentences in te reo Māori | MAORI LANGUAGE LESSON FOR BEGINNERS

[@grantwhitbourne]

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[@Kevinb6ox]

I learnt more in 10mins than I have attending a 3 month reo class a few years ago and in my high school thanks so much

[@Kevinb6ox]

What is the past and future sentences in English? I’m wondering exactly what it might be meaning? Thanks

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora, that's awesome to hear!! Past tense is something like "I went to the shop". Future tense "I will go to the shop"

[@jeanelle9513]

He’s such a legend

[@linkwootanii8106]

Hello from the USA I never knew anything about this language or knew it existed till I started listening to the band Alien Weaponry. Now I want to learn the language to help keep it alive. One word I have to get used to using is Oma since I'm used to it meaning Grandma in German since my grandma is from Germany. I'm definitely going to start using your method to help learn the language thank you

[@grantwhitbourne]

They r awesome 👍

[@princester1495]

Oma Rapiti, Oma Rapiti. Its a song.. means run Rabbit. Oh and also the colours in maori, you can google, Ma is white and you can find the whole song also.

[@ruatea1237]

Thank you soo much Tena koe (Thank you) Heaps!

[@Melzmum]

This is the most useful lesson in learning Maori I have ever come across. Kia ora!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@kuraqueen6593]

At 62 I thought it would be impossible to learn Te Reo. You, you little beauty, I'm learning and it isn't difficult. Thank you.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora - I've just found all my comments I haven't replied to, hence the late reply! Hope you're well!

[@janeqatar1]

I love your presentations, your clear explanations and the visuals - this makes so much sense. As a Pākeha who grew up alongside Māori I feel so pleased to be learning the beautiful language of the tangata whenua.. Thank you.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai Jane 🙌

[@ImaCreativeKiwi]

Thank you! Watching this video for the first time yesterday felt like the first time I was ever ‘allowed’ to learn my language as a language. Since my mum had Maori heritage but didn’t speak Maori, though I was interested in learning it from a young age, I never met anybody who could teach it like a language. NZ schools teach Maori in rote memorisation and random words. Sometimes it’s a sincere effort put in by well meaning teachers who don’t know the language themselves. Sometimes teachers who know and speak the language still teach it this way because they don’t know better or aren’t given time. In any case this isn’t teaching a language, it is tokenism. As a teenager I learned several foreign languages with ease, but my language felt barred from me because nobody would actually teach it. You can’t learn a language alone no matter how good you are at learning, because language is a social activity. I got to the point where I questioned my right to learn it, or even to call myself Maori. I felt like it was something that didn’t and could never belong to me. Others who were raised with a Maori identity had an experience I could never have. Having learned these phrases in this video and watched a few of your other videos, I now feel a confidence and a connection and love for this language that never seemed possible. I’m hapu and now I have hope that my baby won’t have the same experience. It’s their right to be able to learn their language from birth. That is my motivation.

[@grantwhitbourne]

This is so great to hear! ❤️❤️❤️

[@claudiaandsophie747]

I want to learn Te Reo because I feel so left out when everyone else is speaking Maori around me and I don't understand. I feel like I SHOULD understand because i'm from New Zealand XD

[@grantwhitbourne]

Keep at it e hoa

[@claudiaandsophie747]

@@grantwhitbourne Ae! I'll try!

[@udownwito.p.p4153]

Should have online maori chat where we can talk or try to 🤔😁

[@rev.l.t.peterclarke4906]

@@udownwito.p.p4153 An online video-chat-group would be a massive help for those of us who don't have people to practice with.

[@bajajagrandasee3668]

@Bosingr friend

[@Suziezinha89]

I just started checking out youtube for Te Reo Maori so if i get my visa i can start learning it. I feel it will help my life in NZ later. So far this is the most helpful video.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Aesome! It is also my most popular :-)

[@dantemelillo8944]

My best friend lives in New Zealand and she said she speaks Maori and I always heard of it and now,I want to,learn and surprise her

[@grantwhitbourne]

You definitely should!

[@syntatic5930]

I'm Maori I Understand most words they say on the News and I'm Truly Grateful to be able to Understand this.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai!

[@kiwinessy]

I have always wanted to learn Maori yet find it hard to retain the words and get them into the right order for the sentences, you have managed to "make something click" and somehow it now seems to make sense, thank you

[@grantwhitbourne]

Great work 😊

[@BrendaFranz-p6e]

Kia ora Grant, I have just begun my te reo journey as a Pakeha in Aotearoa and am amazed by how much disinformation New Zealanders have been fed over the last (my) 62 years. Your videos are incredible and this particular spreadsheet makes it so easy to get my head around tense phrasing. Baby steps, but your courses will be next. Keep up the good mahi.

[@donnaking4592]

I've been looking for a way to unblock my brain to learn te reo Māori and retain it, and you have put a smile on my face from ear to ear. You are a blessing. Thank you so much.

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm so glad to hear that Donna... Kia kaha!

[@venierueti1506]

Man you make it so much easier to learn than the class I was in and I learnt more with you in an hour - Thank you.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome to hear e hoa! Glad it helps 😊

[@talionjohns6121]

I've really want to learn Maori, but I've always struggled with the concept of language. Even english was a struggle when I was a young, but this is so clear and precise and has made me keep trying, thank you so much. Big love from the UK

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm so glad to hear that Talion ❤️ kia kaha!

[@kt348]

Kia Ora Matua. Ngā mihi nui kia koe 😊 Thank you for your tutorials which have been a excellent tool in supporting my journey of Te Reo Māori

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora e hoa, thank you for watching...glad it is helping you on your reo journey :)

[@sighfactor]

Grant, you are always an inspiration to me! This Canadian thanks you from the bottom of his heart for standing for Te Reo in the face of all personal and cultural challenges! Kia Kaha!

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure e hoa 🙏

[@laykonyt395]

Now I'm not confused, and now that you put English next to it, I know the difference, cheers

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure 😊

[@cool-stuff]

I never listened to a person explaining Te Reo Māori in this way - but I lOVED it 😀 - thanks for sharing

[@grantwhitbourne]

No probs

[@haggiem]

I love it when people learn in columns....ko ahau !

[@grantwhitbourne]

Makes it a bit easier ay? :)

[@Ozric]

Thank you.. Much mahi to be done.. Desperately trying to fit into a busy life learning te reo Maori. Hopefully next time i'm in Aotroa i won't appear ignorant of it's native people's ( not that i am)by at least using and understanding it's indigenous language and culture to the best of current abilities. My experience of Aotroa is nothing short of amazing. The Maori people were so welcoming and gracious to me that i've formed long lasting friendships. Keeping Maori culture and language alive and well must be paramount. How amazing to have such a rich diversity in the world. We should celebrate differences not ridicule them. Kia kaha whanau.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora

[@Ozric]

Ay up.. as we northerners say..

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

This is a great video! It has been said that if any kiwi can speak and understand at least 100 words and phrases in Maori then that's just brilliant and you are playing a good part in preserving the language and keeping it alive. This video definately comes in handy for those who want to learn more simple words and phrases. You are playing a great role in preserving Te Reo Maori and making it a strong part in our culture and country. Thankyou for making this!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora 🙏😁

[@jacobt8172]

Brother thank you so much. Just watching in my lounge toko. I've been so bored lately. But really enjoyed the video brother. And was engaged the whole video. God bless you for your efforts and contributions to the people. Your the man. And great teacher. All the best in life bro.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thank you brother i appreciate your kind words 🙏

[@ToromonSam]

Kia Ora man I’m 11 y’o and my class started talking Te reo māori cause we didn’t really get much in the class we are in cause we were so used to talk in English in primary and my classmates and my teachers said “Me korero māori” and that’s my goal, your awesome you explain it so well and great 👍 love your videos it really makes me understand more and more. I really want to hold onto Te reo māori some people don’t care about their languages so I started learning Te reo māori so I can hopefully tell my tēina of how this beautiful and lovely language is it also makes great songs and all I want to say you really made my day and made me really want to hold onto Te reo Māori much more NGA MIHI ❤️❤️

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora 🙏

[@dolorsitametconsectur]

I noticed that the way tense works in te reo is strikingly similar to the way it works in the conlang Toki Pona. In Toki Pona, much more minimalist than any other language, they had to get creative in how to structure their sentences if tense was required. Therefore, they place tenpo then the word kama (coming), ni (this), or pini (ended/finished) then the word la (context marker) for future, present, & past respectively. Toki Pona: Tenpo ni la, mi tawa Māori: Kei te hare ahau English: I am going

[@another_august]

This video increases my confidence in learning Te reo Maori.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome to hear

[@lonar_muffin1298]

Thanks for this. I've only just started my Te Reo journey and stumbled upon this channel. 😊

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome to hear e hoa 🙌 Kia kaha 👍

[@rajkumararulambalam9829]

To write a macron, google the unicode number for the macron'd letter (ā ) , then in MSWord () type in the numbercode for the macron letter and press alt-x . ā = 0101 (so type 0101 and then alt-x ) ñ = 00f1 , thanks for the lessons . kei te means like perfect tense, but that confuse me, i just say kei te pai, when someone asked ka pai, now i see, i make sense. sanity is priceless. thanks, kia ora

[@ritabrooking1550]

I love this! I saw the TikTok version but this explains everything so much better. My students and I will be communicating in Te Reo way faster. Thanks

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora rā - glad it helps!

[@thejohnarnett]

Wow! How encouraging to learn new words knowing how many different sentences I can make out of them! 😄 Great method, thanks a lot for sharing!

[@CatherineKarena]

How about these words? Moe (sleep) Hamama (shout) tangi (cry) ataata (smile) kai (eat) ?

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai

[@reflectingtrees6173]

Raruraru = trouble; problem Kurī = dog Matimati = finger; toe Poraka = jersey; cardigan... Pūngāwerewere = spider Põneke = be true Some of the words my old boy would say.

[@colagames4000]

Tino rawe

[@imallowedmyopinionok2354]

Ko tanga - car aeriel Tek e wei - food Gizz a smoke bro Kia ora cuz, jus takin the piss ow👌

[@tikimanipoto43217]

Wow you have literally made things very simplifying for me to learn basic sentences. Nga Mihi

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure e hoa

[@angelalyall8292]

this is just so easy to understand!!!! thank you :) kei te ako ahau i te reo!!!! wow!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Go you! Ka mau te wehi

[@michaelwoodhams7866]

I had two years of Maori lessons in intermediate school in the late 1970s. I learned bunches of nouns, three verbs (noho, tu, oma) and zero grammar. Two years, and they never taught us to make a sentence. Here, 14 minutes, 120 sentences. That makes this lesson (tap tap tap on calculator ...) infinitely more effective. "Learn" would be a great verb to add to your list.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora e hoa glad this helps. Ako is the word for learn 😊

[@callumkohekade5396]

I am off to study Te Reo at Ara institute next week!. Thank You so much for your help in learning this wonderful language, I wish it was mandatory, but I chose to go and actually study the language, I am so excited!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Keep up the good work Callum 👌

[@gessicabazaglia2569]

Kia ora! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I'm a beginner, but hopefully I'll be able to use Te Reo more in the near future. I can't have any conversation with only these words yet. haha. I'll watch more of your videos...I won't give up!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia kaha e hoa!

[@KathleenMcKay]

Finally, I can't believe I've learnt so much in such a short time. Thank you.

[@grantwhitbourne]

yay

[@kalebsavage8715]

Thank you Brother very smart man! I'm not the A+ student in a classroom but I could understand that very easily "Pai to mahi e te Kaiako"

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure e hoa! Glad to hear you were able to follow along 🙌

[@claremataira1695]

Kia ora, this is a really easy way to start understanding sentence structure.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia Clare glad it helped

[@yaboyyfin3188]

I'm Australian but love NZ and although I'm new to Maori language I want to learn thanks dude

[@grantwhitbourne]

No probs Finlay...check out the next te reo bootcamp coming up soon

[@sadiqueanam801]

Tena Koe, You're lessons have been really helpful. Mihi koe.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad to hear e hoa 🙏

[@johnkirk3947]

This is awesome. I start Level 1 Te Reo next week and really can't wait!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Tū meke e hoa 🙏

[@diegovasquez7610]

I'm thinking to move to New Zealand in the future, I can speak english already, so I want to learm a bit of maori, and this is really helpful

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome bro, go for it!

[@viiperbiite]

I'm still in high school but I'm an aspiring medicine student. So far, it looks good for me into getting into University. I noticed that there is a Maori language topic included in one of the programmes, (if I remember rightly, Maori is included in _at least_ the Health Sciences). I just so happen to be a European and I don't find Maori particularly easy, so I'm trying my best to learn now or at least some. Thank you. :)

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai e hoa! Keep at it

[@bbeatz6283]

Appreciate the effort 🙏🔥

[@james_guthrie]

Kia ora for this video man, the way you break it down into the syntax (not sure if that's even the right word) is a massive help to me, quite easy for me to memorise the words quite hard to put them into a sentence, the way you put it in a table is ka pai. Nga mihi (excuse any poor te reo, trying hard to learn)

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure brother 👍

[@paulgoodman8950]

This is awesome. I am on the journey and this has really helped. Thank you so much.

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm glad bro... Kia ora!

[@tc1411]

Great video, thank you!

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure!

[@Politzer4815]

The addition and multiplication😊 great learning video

[@grantwhitbourne]

☺️

[@sueelliott4793]

OMG thank you hun. Im going to share with my mates at Toi ohomai. You make it so much easier

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm glad it helps 😁

[@honetribe9834]

WOWWW 😲 😃 THATS SO COOL MATUA you just taught me heaps. that's the most Maori I learned in 14 minutes

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helped e hoa

[@robertnapier7988]

Thanks mate, really helpful ! If you have another structured curriculum I’d love to hear about it !

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Robert thanks for the mihi. I'll be sure to release online if anything else comes on

[@rikkileighs8]

Tino pai. Very helpful.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome glad to hear

[@shadowboxing7029]

Mean video, you made it really easy. I'd struggled with the order, this helped heaps thank you!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora, glad it helped :)

[@Syn3rgy-DMS-HANZ]

Thanks bro! Seeing it mathematically is empowering with encouragement. Kia ora!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps bro!

[@xxstupidsistersxx1858]

Thank you this was really helpfull just because i just started to learn some Maori. Thanks again

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome cuz

[@yolandajosefa]

I really want to learn Maori Language! Thank a lot!

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure, Yolanda 🙌

[@amandawin623]

Ka rawe, thanks!

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure :)

[@daler198]

this really helped me make sense of the sentence structure, thanks for the awesome lesson

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps e hoa!

[@ellasm]

First day ! Ready to goooooo 😀

[@grantwhitbourne]

Leshgooooo!

[@angelapratofiorito8843]

Thank you sooo much for teaching Maori I am sooo eager to learn it cause I would love to go to NZ next Year

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai Angela... Where r u from? I hope u can make it!

[@GSkuzx]

Hey brother, really cool video! My one suggestion would be to edit out the parts where you're having to play around with the table, but other than that, this is a really helpful video! Thanks :)

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thx bro

[@maureenperkins9625]

Kia ora. Thank you for a great video. Love tables!!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora

[@gracecatterall1679]

This is a great way to learn, thank you!

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure 😊

[@Alison58539]

this is cool, just started learning at Kira and was stuck but this is a good revision

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ally kia ora there are plenty more lessons in the private fb group. Search on fb for "Starting in te reo Māori" to get access 😊😊

[@Alison58539]

Grant Whitbourne yay! just asked to join now😊 how awesome!!!

[@aprilcooke1048]

Kia ora. You make it easy.

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm glad to hear this e hoa

[@MJ-fl4gk]

Kia ora! Thanks for the video. The table is great! I was wondering about verbs that are not action verbs such as "love", for example. How would I say "I love you" (to one person) in Maori? And what would be the correct pronunciation here? Thank you!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora - I've just found all my comments I haven't replied to, hence the late reply! Those sorts of verbs (experience) use ki to connect the doer and receiver Kei te aroha au ki a koe

[@manneh4424]

Awesome really good explanation

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michelineheise5959]

Thank you that was fun I actually got the sense of it. Now it's applying it. Nga mihi

[@grantwhitbourne]

kai ora

[@driveresources]

Thank you sooooo much! This was really helpful! You're a legend. (One day I will be able to write that in te reo Maori!)

[@grantwhitbourne]

Great Susan I'm glad it helps 👍👍👍

[@ariesyamysara7161]

Malay language & Mauri language some word have same meaning example Dia(Malay) - Ia (Mauri) can use for her/he ..Mata (Malay) -Mata (Mauri) means eyes (english), telinga ( malay) - talinga ( mauri) - ear (english) ,Engkau/Kau/Kao/Kamu/Awak/Mu (malay) - Koe (mauri) - You (english), Langit (Malay)- Langgi (Mauri), Sky (English)..

[@arda9437]

malay, indonesian, māori, tagalog, and other languages have a common ancestor called proto malayo polynesian

[@shereeheihei5623]

Thank you … I’m a beginner & willing to learn🙂

[@grantwhitbourne]

You got this!

[@damien9654]

this is cool. would it be possible to do another like this except with another type of sentence structure?

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'll see what I can put together e hoa

[@ruitokubota5220]

Great teaching

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thank you for the kind words

[@manaakibabbington2660]

Bro I did Te reo Maori in school for bloody 3 years and all I learned was how to use a Maori dictionary. I learned more in 13 mins than those 3 whole years wtf 😂😂. I hope you’re a teacher man bc students need this.

[@theministeroftherealtruth]

Mā long vowel sound not as in oh or go, the i is ee as in see, This guy is saying MOW ri not the Ma with long A sound,he misses the A and accentuates the O as go when it's as O as in orh. :) Ah - A e= as in yeh i = ee as in see O as in Orh U as in =OOH! He is saying Mauri as in Tihei MAURI ora! Mauri = the life breath.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps e hoa 🙌🙌

[@alfiopipitone8692]

Thanks this really helped speaking māori

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it's helped!

[@williamstevenson4694]

Thank you my brother

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure bro

[@dominiquedonaghy2119]

Kia Ora Grant, I may have missed a video on it but I have a question .... when do you use 'au' over 'ahau' ? is there much of a difference or is it preference? :)

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Dominique, there is very little difference between the two. If you think about when we use 'a' before a name or pronoun (kei te haere a Hemi, kei te kōrero a Hemi ki a Rewi), you wouldn't put 'a' in front of 'ahau', you would just use ahah (kei te kōrero koe ki ahau (not 'ki a ahau'). Hope that helps GW

[@aaliyahx5081]

Omg ik you from tik tok

[@alantmacleod6609]

Thank you so much bc my teacher and classmates are learning te reo and I don’t know what there saying

[@grantwhitbourne]

kai ora

[@juliejohnson257]

Morena, kia ora for this... going to practice this starting now... kai te haere ahau (to practice) nga kupu

[@grantwhitbourne]

🙏🙏🙏

[@gracecorfield4686]

Te koe for this video it helped me so much

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome Mary glad to hear 😊

[@rosaliecooper9314]

I really enoyed this vid adn intend to watch more. I understood it much more easily than looking at it on a paper hehe

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora

[@euphoricpedge6019]

Bro this is solid.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Chur bro 🙌

[@DigitalMaori]

Really really good lesson

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad you like it

[@maakeklein4073]

It's funny cos you say haere which is pronounced irie.in the west Indies we used to say irie for anything good or positive,so that easy for me to remember as that was my nickname in Barbados.ah gwaan learn one verb a day.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ngā mihi

[@tengaeII]

Tēnā koe Grant, awesome mahi

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora e hoa hope it helped

[@possumwilli]

very helpful, kiaora!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps bro 👍

[@jeanelle9513]

That’s crazy I learned so much!

[@grantwhitbourne]

👍👍👍

[@shannapowell3466]

Super vid, tēnā koe Grant. Maybe your next one could be how to add more info into the sentence, eg. I am going to the shop, He is sitting on the chair, I am learning Māori :P thanks for your valuable content!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Shanna Powell thanks for the message 😊 good idea, I should do some like that!

[@ariesyamysara7161]

+Starting In Te Reo Māori You can check the Malay language & Maori Language ..some certain word have same meaning..

[@MosesCherrington]

Excellent sir

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thanks Moses 👍

[@user-sl3sv2yk2b]

this was very helpful, thank you so much :))

[@deepakmeena2849]

Thank you so much ❤

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure 🙏

[@AlekiBon]

This was awesome, thank you for making it :)

[@grantwhitbourne]

No worries 👍

[@KND4X4]

Super helpful!! Thank you so much!

[@grantwhitbourne]

No worries Korel :)

[@helsyreason5274]

this is great, bless your soul

[@grantwhitbourne]

kia ora :)

[@kc-vf4lp]

This is awesome. Ka pai!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora

[@thomaskahidethierry]

Tena koe e hoa, My way to understand. A very helpful video lesson

[@megrandall9687]

This is so cool. Thanks so much!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Meg Randall thanks for stopping by Meg ✌

[@grahammorris6741]

Thank you so much. Perhaps there's hope for me at 80 Plus

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Graham... Absolutely! Kia kaha 🙏

[@mollymac333]

DO you have this table saved anywhere that I could download? thanks

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora - I've just found all my comments I haven't replied to, hence the late reply! Kāo aroha mai

[@lelandpakinga5113]

this was so helpful!!

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm glad it has helped you e hoa 🙌 thanks for stopping by