Language Lesson | Mastering Pronunciation with Three Tricky Words | Starting In Te Reo Māori

[@grantwhitbourne]

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[@joannesmjth43]

I'm trying learn The Reo at 59 years. Thank you for helping me. Jo from Christchurch

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Jo

[@babykayna9561]

good stuff. usign this video for our Cancer Society weekly online Te Reo session

[@anncook4076]

Absolutely brilliant. I am embarrassed to say that I have lived in NZ for 20 years and only now learning Te Reo. Thoroughly enjoying it and actually saying local place names correctly. This video is great and very useful. Thank you.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome to heard!

[@ToromonSam]

It’s ok not many have learned their own language Te reo Māori was taken from the Māori for years even I don’t know also and I do wish to hold Te Reo Māori so it cannot die

[@lulutimu9657]

Thank you so much for doing this, I'm an Aussie born Maori too, no whanau to teach me but I've been trying to teach myself ever since my firstborn came along 16 years ago. With no Maori speaking ppl around me I've really struggled with pronouncing what I've learnt, this gives me a much better understanding and I hope to pass it down to my kids ❤

[@grantwhitbourne]

🙏🙏🙏

[@mesepaedwards3766]

Tena koe Grant wow i only just discovered you today. Im maori samoan and have struggled for years to learn. Im excited and timing is everything, you have given me hope to learn bless you. Nga mihi Mesepa

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome to hear e hoa. You're very lucky to have a such a diverse heritage... Ka mau te wehi 👌

[@Marla-CMnz]

That’s great! I’ve just come back from my first visit to a local Marae very exited to learn the Maori Language and then I’ve found your channel...Thank you very very very much for sharing your knowledge and you passion for Te Reo Māori. I moved from Brazil to NZ only a year ago. It is amazing how the Maori language phonics are similar with the native Brazilians ones. It’s quite easy for me to pronounce them because of the familiarity. That’s making me feel encouraged...I will get there, for sure! Thanks again! Please, keep posting. Cheers! 🤗

[@grantwhitbourne]

Great work Marcela reach out if you need help

[@garytyrrell2028]

KIA ORA , thankyou for your video, Im fascinated about the Maori Culture and Language this will be very helpful.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps!

[@brittanytekira1389]

This was such an awesome breakdown, I know basic Maori words but haven’t put an actual sentence together till now! Even my 9 year old daughter is understanding what I’m saying! Thanks!! 👏🏻🎉

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome to hear e hoa!!!

[@sueconnor8440]

Kia ora Grant, I'm really enjoying your lessons, today's wero 3 hard to pronounce words for me, 1) Whangaparaoa, Hibiscus coast north of Tamaki Makaurau 2)Te Rereatukahia, marae in Katikati 3) Maungārongo, words from Waiata "He Honore" I find ng sounds the most challenging. ngā mihi

[@grantwhitbourne]

Keep at it Sue. Thank you for commenting

[@breerobin7509]

😭😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@yolindafreimond722]

Hi there - I have just arrived in NZ from South Africa - and would very much like to speak the Maori language - just to help myself along. Thank you for your classes on line - it is most helpful and I will definitely continue with you. thank you again Y

[@grantwhitbourne]

No probs

[@corinakaukau6510]

Ka rawe e hoa ma

[@teresascott2977]

Thanks for these videos. While COVID-19 is happening I am using them to help me learn te reo Māori from home and I am posting my journey onto our kura facebook page. Great inspiration for our tauira. Tēnā rawa atu koe.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai Teresa, keep up the good work 🙏

[@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805]

This really is an excellent channel. You are a brilliant teacher. Suggestions for improvement?- none!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thanks Mark appreciate the kind words

[@vickynathan1645]

Maori songs

[@randalsim3032]

Very good teaching. I didn't turn the video off you had me captured and Enthusiastic.to listen to you

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora :D

[@whaeakarine6338]

Kia Ora Grant. Nga mihi, we are learning a lot of Moteatea at the moment and this video definitley supports the importance of really moving your face to get the syllables, vowels all at once! Good to know it is a thing. I find it really helps me out to get all the words in my mouth and be in sync haha. Mauri ora!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Nice work Karine...sometimes it looks funny and feels funny but we're not here to look pretty, we're here to get it right :)

[@peterwilson6734]

I am enjoying the way you are teaching , as I can't read stuff and understand it , but I'm learning your way , thank you

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps Peter 🙌

[@kiwifide]

Kia ora e te Grant! Thank you for your videos!! I’ve just started learning Te Reo Māori with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa here in Rāhui Pōkeka. We’ve been learning how to pronounce place names and a few I got hung up on were Te Papaioea and Whangārei. Whangārei because I never knew that the ngā had an elongated vowel. Whenever I’ve heard people say Whangārei I assumed it was a long Whā but its not lol. So it’s been hard in the sense that I’ve had to relearn how to say it properly. Te Papaioea has gotten easier the more I’ve said it and is actually one of my favourite words to say now ☺️.. Anyway, I look forward to getting through all your videos! Thanks again

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai e hoa! Try eaoia 😊

[@traceybean1721]

Tino pai, Hearty Ngati ! Nice to see Paikea waiata used as a reference. Ko Wharekahika ahau

[@grantwhitbourne]

Tēnā koe Tracey 🙌

[@barbaramakai9663]

Thank you Grant. I have learnt so much from your videos. The simplicity of your teaching is fantastic

[@grantwhitbourne]

Keep up the good work Barbara 👌

[@matakihi17]

Exciting and at a pace I can work with. Mauri Ora, Grant. Look forward to this journey with everyone learning at their own pace and sharing there whakaaro. Ngaa Mihi.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Mata glad it helps. Ngā mibi

[@RainbowRadar]

Oh hey morena man thanks I've been struggling with my pronunciation, so too whakama to try speaking much, this really helps

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps e hoa keep at it 🙏

[@2Nilecat]

Kia ora Grant, every time I come in to see what you have brought in to help us with Te Reo, I copy every lesson you type into Utube and what I have now is a file that really helps me at my night class at Nmit. Like I said before, If I have problems grasping a particular part in Te Reo with you, I can pause and replay you to I get it. But not so at Nmit, Once the kaioko has finished explaining what she is writing and then wipes it off, I can't get a replay..Here are a couple of words that I had trouble getting my tongue around. "Ohaoha " bit easier now but when I first used it, was frequently getting it completely wrong like; ahoaho instead. It was used in this introduction of who I am in a pepe before giving my whakapapa. Ko taku ohaoha kia kotou katoa, etu ana ahau ki a kotou aroaro hei mema ki te iwi ngaro, Te Taou. i toku taiohi, ka haria ahau e toku papa ki te tiki paua me te koura, ka waiho e matou kia tae mai ki te mutunga o te hokinga, me te kauhoe i roto i te moana nui ki te motu. Kaore i taea e au te awhina, engari i ngaueue. Me whakaae ahau he wehi ahau, engari i te kaha me te whakatenatena i toku papa, i tukuna e matou ki te haumaru.he maha nga whakawhetai ki a Grant

[@grantwhitbourne]

Great work Harley. You are inspiration to all new learners💪

[@megamindpotentials]

Hi, Maori vowels sound like Indonesian vowels. Interesting :-) If I ever make it to New Zealand, I look forward to learning Maori. Meanwhile, I will learn it from your KZbin Maori lessons.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai 👍

[@barrymarshall546]

Not only vowels but very many words are similar to Indonesian and the regional languages of Indonesia. (and no doubt Tagalog etc.)

[@PrincessKoyukiM]

Thanks for the tip of using facial muscles alot more

[@grantwhitbourne]

Excentuate those features e hoa

[@joanedwards9394]

Thank you Please could you go over greetings Kia ora taatou Ko Joan taku ingoa Noo Home is my work place

[@ikaiti9841]

Kia ora! Thanks for this channel and the tips on pronunciation. You've definitely gained a new subscriber.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora e hoa glad it helps 😊😊

[@souljahrigger5971]

Bro 5 years later im still learning an watching ur vids ur tumeke cuzy

[@grantwhitbourne]

Chur probably needs a refresh 🤔😅

[@jasontaheeba-maghrabi1710]

can you link the page of the dictionary and the folk song in the description?

[@ronansadventures5007]

Thanks for sharing. 😁

[@grantwhitbourne]

My pleasure!

[@krishayward207]

enjoying lessons

[@grantwhitbourne]

Awesome

[@deborahbrown90]

Kia ora Iv been interested in learning te reo are you able to point me in right place for how I address a tangi that will be my mums .I would love to right an speak what I write for my mum in maori

[@elaisil3301]

Thanks Bruda! Learning māori in school and wanna get a bit better

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai e hoa... Hope u enjoy the channel!

[@pearltane86]

We just had a few Ngaueue in Whakatane last night 😣. Your vids are great by the way!

[@grantwhitbourne]

I heard that! Everything ok there?

[@pearltane86]

Yup, it was just Ruaumoko making his presence known 😉 and giving us all something new to talk about for a few days lol

[@rosiewh]

Ahiahi mārie, Followed the 'tense' video and the pronunciation one - both fantastic! Great help with the course I'm doing which is written. I'll practise and once I think I've nailed it I'll send a video and see if you agree! mā te wā

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai 👍👍

[@sharonv840]

Wow! give me the push to keep this going/get this right. Grandson has put out a challege

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai Sharon... Kia kaha!

[@sharonv840]

@@grantwhitbourne Well I think the first part means 'all good' what does kia kaha mean? please

[@sharonv840]

oh may 'be strong'. This is hard work.....smile

[@emilyclarke6508]

Patupaiarehe was a difficult one for me, still have to think about sometimes ktk

[@grantwhitbourne]

That is a tricky one!

[@errolhunt]

Great vid. Really helpful. To patai: what vowel sounds do I struggle with? Embarrassingly, it’s the simple ‘ou’ sound. Eg koutou. I think it’s hard-wired wrong!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Start slow, then speed up until the blend nicely (easier said than done though sorry!)

[@simonaofsydney]

Kiiaora for the reo i like the method of exercisingyour facial expression.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora 👌

[@drewmillar2481]

This is so cool

[@grantwhitbourne]

Glad it helps 😁

[@honbrolo]

I love your videos. I'm very late to them and am glad they are here to help. More and more often I find that my experience learning Japanese helps with most vowel pronunciations in many foreign-to-me languages. I look forward to learning more from you. Those websites in this video are very helpful ^_^

[@grantwhitbourne]

I'm glad they help e hoa :)

[@hohepamorehu-barlow5941]

L)){o{

[@crumpet4eva145]

kia ora ... my 3 difficult words to pronounce have been ..hongoingoi .. wananga .. ngenge ...... its taken me ages to wrap my tongue around it. nga mihi CB

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai, kia kaha!

[@steviethomson100]

Ka pai Grant! awesome teacher :-)

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora e hoa

[@faithmclachlan1573]

Great stuff.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thanks Faith

[@roidedmma5068]

I still struggle with the a and o category and proper grammar i expressing complex ideas

[@grantwhitbourne]

All comes with language development and using it as often as possible... Kia kaha

[@eevagirl]

Is AO a digraph?

[@grantwhitbourne]

No

[@Channel-os4uk]

Is Hawaiian similar to Maori?

[@grantwhitbourne]

Yes, very 😊

[@carlogage6494]

MAuri ora the kupu I need help with a ia where to use it correctly

[@grantwhitbourne]

A good simple way to remember it is to always use "a ia" as opposed to just "ia" after "i" and "ki" Correct: Hoatu tēnā ki a ia Kei te patu au ki a ia I kite au i a ia Incorrect Kei te haere a ia (should be kei te haere ia) Māku a ia e awhina (should be Māku ia e awhina) I moe a ia (should be i moe ia)

[@steveguthrie5865]

yep facial expressions tricky feel like

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia kaha e hoa

[@ryanmagiera149]

Off the top: Kia Ora, Ngā mihi, Haka ... very basic..

[@grantwhitbourne]

Ka pai

[@DaneJiujitsu]

Sharp sharp

[@grantwhitbourne]

Chur chur

[@narellehepple5464]

why dont you sing some kids songs. Make life easier for us teachers! So hard to learn Te Reo but now we have to learn to speak it more.

[@grantwhitbourne]

That's a good idea, thanks Narelle

[@lennygid8452]

for a white person that lives with Maori in Australia , is it ok to greet the visitors with a maori greeting? like ( Kia ora ma koutou katoa) or is this over the top and unnecessary ? thank you for your time and reply .

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora koutou (to a group of ppl) would suffice 😊

[@lennygid8452]

@@grantwhitbourne thank you ,

[@thiskiwigal]

Our veils are ie ??? I think that was " our vowels are A E I O U

[@roimatarimene9109]

Rawe rawa atu e te kaiako

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora!

[@suzypanui2709]

lol the part that he sang

[@fortnitevideos6490]

i a

[@makerehetet2395]

Chur neat alright thanks

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Makere thanks for stopping by e hoa

[@djToniTontonNewZealand]

OMG - my uncle had no teeth he reckoned it was easier to speak with no teeth, Aunty Ngaio disagreed uncle refused todo nga waiata and How am I to learn nga kupu by computer baffles me, I need a kupu of 3 vows, Im not that Maia, as I am taaua I know your laughing!

[@grantwhitbourne]

???

[@djToniTontonNewZealand]

Ngaio - name , waiata song, maia- brave, taaua widow grandmother. sorry to confuse u .

[@taritipene3514]

Tukeke

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora e hoa

[@philwheeler9828]

It is good, but just get on with it and people will copy. Too much extra stuff that is not really necessary. Find a word, pronounce it and give a pause for people to copy, repeat and then move on.

[@grantwhitbourne]

👏

[@temaorichannel499]

Mihi atu ki a koe

[@narellehepple5464]

Hot guy

[@grantwhitbourne]

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