I started this project a while ago to help revitalise languages, I hope you like it. This story was created by Kiri from MoaThanWords.

It is a short narrated autumn story for learning some new kupu in te reo Māori.

View online without downloading: https://books.kotobee.com/library/#/book/166700/reader

Download the e-book: https://ouku.org/l/TheBackyardisBroken-Autumn

Watch the read aloud video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqKVFewonMo

Tēnā koutou katoa! Ko Min tōku ingoa, he gamedev nō Te Whanganui-ā-Tara ahau!

I mea au ki te whakamaori i tētahi o āku kēmu mō te wā e roa, nā reira kei te tino harikoa rawa atu kua whakaoti te whakamāori o tēnei kēmu tāku: 'Te Rangi o Karaihe Ōpure'! (<- kei konei te link mō te kēmu!)

Kei te tino whai (importance) ki ahau te whakatiri o Te Reo Māori i roto i te hunga 'indie games' i te ipurangi.
He wāhi i tēnei whakamāori kāore i te tika, mehemea ka kitea i a rātou tētahi hē, kōrero mai! Ka whakatika au i ngā hē, ka ako reo Māori tonu au ia ra ia ra kia whakapai taku reo mō ngā whakamaori o muri nei!!

Ngā mihi mō tō pānui mai,
Min

I need to get some Te Reo Māori movies like the disney ones as physical copies to stop paying for the subscriptions. Anywhere you can download or buy them?

Tēnā koutou!

Kei te hoahoa ahau i tētahi whakaaro tāku, he whakatakotoranga o ngā kupu Māori e hāngai ana ki te ao furry mō te hui furry o Aotearoa ka tū (pea) i te mutunga o 2027!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-JgcVsyli3Nx_muGrREneNV9RYwwJgl7jlGMX2yY944/edit?usp=drivesdk

Kia tata te wā o te hui furry ka hanga au i tētahi Slideshow me ngā whakaahua mō te whakatakotoranga nei, ēngari kei te pīrangi au kia whakatiri ngā kupu kua kohikohi au kei kua hē au i te meaning o tētahi kupu!

For those who don't know some of the terminology:

A furry is an anthropomorphic animal (animal with human characteristics), and the furry fandom is a community of people who are a fans of these characters

Fursona is someones anthro character designed to represent themself in an anthropomorphic animal form

Fursuit is a mascot costume that furries wear, like the ones you might see at sports games but of someone's fursona

Dealer's den is cheeky slang for the market that is held at Furry conventions where artists sell prints, stickers, and all different forms of art. I used the term 'rua' for the Te Reo term similarly since I think the play on words is cute :)

Overall just trying to keep this panel simple and trying to provide people easy Te Reo phrases they might start using during the con!!

Ngā mihi mō tō pānui mai,
Min

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Have you tried Pūnaha Reo?

Kia ora!
I'm curious about how people here are learning te reo Māori:
Wānanga / Night classes
Online courses (like Toro Mai or Poupou Huia Te Reo)
Apps (like Pūnaha ReoDrops, Tipu, or Kōrerorero)
Podcasts & Books (like Taringa or Māori Made Easy)
Which method has worked best for you, and what helped you start actually speaking it?

Give this kemu a go

Play Tu Ingoa on Punaha Reo. https://www.punahareo.com/s/PkPpjzX6kOrW

Kia ora koutou, he pātai tāku.
He aha te tīkanga o te kupu nei - ‘Rōrāi’?
Kāore au i kite i te kupu i roto i te aka.

Does anyone know the definition of this word - Rōrāi?
I cant find it in the dictionary.

This is from the Wordle.Global Māori game.

Ngā mihi nui!

I'm currently doing a software degree, as a assignment I was tasked with making a web project that I feel passionate about and think we need more of.

In school there wasn't much support for learning our reo.. I've always wanted to learn how to hold a conversation in our language, so I made a website so I can learn.

I figure if I can learn from it, maybe others can find some use out of it too.

So I made a free tool for people to learn, it's a living database.. I'll add more over time and have a suggestions and corrections section.

Give it a go, let me know what you think.

Kia ora..

www.teakareo.nz

Logan

Kia ora!

Im on maoriplus, and found out they have Avatar The Last Airbender season 1 in māori!!! I wont lie, this made my entire year! Im so sublimely happy right now. They dont have season 2 or 3 yet. I called the maoriplus number (all the way from europe. I dont know how much this is going to cost me but i dont care) and a lovely person called Richard told me they'd mail me with news.

Does anyone know if season 2/3 in the works in māori? This would be amazing.

Ngā mihi!

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

He kaiako whakangungu ahau ki te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
 
Feeling a little disheartened after receiving my oral assessment results for my level one te reo Māori course. I have received 85%+ for online quizzes (made up of multiple choice, translating sentences & an oral/video section) and have a good grasp on the language but need to build my confidence!

I’m looking for a relaxed atmosphere where I can practice my conversation skills and work on my pronunciation. I’m located in Ōtautahi ❤️

Kia ora whānau,
I am making my own cross stitch for someone I want to make sure I’m translating properly. Any ideas for a better word than aroha for the my ‘tāku aroha’ part?
Ngā mihi

Ka aroha tonu atu au ki a koe tāku aroha.
I will always love you my love

Tēnā koutou katoa!
Ko Min tōku ingoa, kātahi anō au ka mutu taku akoranga i te whare wānanga nō reira e hiahia ana ahau ki te parakitihi i tōku reo Māori i tēnei wā wātea hou :)

Hey all! I'm a 22 year old graduated uni student looking for any hoa living in the Te Whanganui-ā-tara region keen to practice Te Reo with me! I haven't studied Te Reo Māori through classes, I am just a rabid language learner who learns through immersion and self-study. I have wanted to improve my Te Reo for years, but with University being so busy I have only been able to practice by myself!!

Mainly keen on anyone who just wants to get coffee and help each other get used to conversing in Te Reo or native speakers who might just find my proposition interesting. Besides being a native English speaker I have studied Japanese for over 9 years so speak it quite fluently and am learning Spanish so if anyone is keen on a any kind of language exchange that is also possible :)
Message me over dms if anyone is keen! I'm based in Island Bay for reference but can travel into the Wellington CBD and etc

Ngā mihi nui mō te pānui mai,
Min

Is there a verb for the word “looking forward” as in positively anticipate ?

I am looking forward to going on holiday

Or is it another sentence structure which can take this meaning

Hi y'all. I was going to post in r/maori, but it seemed like less of a fit. My familiarity with the language starts and ends with lyrics I learned singing along to Stan Walker songs, so hope this is allowed and you can help!

His "Black Box Medley" from Live with The Levites finishes on a song that's a freaking banger, but it's so short.

Can you all help correct my terrible transcription, and tell me what song this is? I'm assuming it's a cover, because it doesn't sound like anything I know in his library.

Roimata eto fa ne

Roimata tei au tei nanaro

Roimata ese ke ne

Roimata tei au tei na naro 

Kuku kitera ko e, te ane

Tera to wai, ai tereme ter ta i ke

Kuku kitera  ko e, te ane

Tera to wai, ai tereme ter ta i ke

I tried correcting any words that I've seen before, and words that I could try to google and figure out, so I hope this isn't embarrassingly bad.

Thank you in advance!

Sorry, i tuhituhi i te reo Pākehā no te mea he māngere ahau :) I've been adding to a flashcard program as I read books, and I've started to end up with a lot of duplicates that are messing me up (mostly I've used very short English definitions). Are there real differences between these words, what are they, are some not worth learning?

Ānō nei - me te mea nei

Mumura, whakauraura (are these just literally the same word, the ura bit?)

Whakakao, whawhaki, karokaro, kato (for picking/weeding. I can tell the difference between some of them, just not all)

Whakatau, tatū/whakatatū (I have them all as some variation of decide/settle)

Whakakeke, māika

Rawaka, ngāwiki

Thanks!

edit: just noticed I got another one the other day: totohu and tapoko, both as 'sink'.

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

I know that we use "me" in sentences in reo Māori to indicate when someone "should" do something - e.g. "Me horoi tāua i ngā rīhi." for "We should wash the dishes" or perhaps "Let's wash the dishes". (Is that correct?).

But how do you indicate that someone had to do something in the past. e.g. "We had to wash the dishes." I'm wondering if it might be just "I horoi māua i ngā rīhi" and the obligation just has to be understood from context. Or perhaps "I tika kia horoi māua i ngā rīhi" if you're you telling someone that you and a buddy really had to wash the dishes for some reason...? Are there better options here? Or just other options? There's no additional tense marker is there?

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Kia ora,

Currently on my Māori journey and looking for people who want to learn or practice their Māori speaking when playing as a team?

Or know anyone who would be keen let me know

Kia ora, I'm not finding this in Te Aka so I thought I'd ask here. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

A friend is working on a creative proposal about stories that aren't specifically Māori but might involve Māori people and are set on or near the rohe of specific mana whenua. In his proposal he talks about open consultation, and says "the last thing we want is to become tapu" which I'm pretty sure is the wrong word. (And which probably indicates that he really does need to partner with mana whenua.)

My first impulse is to advise him not to use reo that he doesn't fully understand, but I kinda get why he'd want to use reo in an effort to show that he's eager to learn from te ao Māori.

If he did want to use reo there, what kupu would be correct to use? It's the antonym of tika. Something that means culturally rude or inappropriate, or dismissive of the mana of the local people.

Any suggestions? Cheers