Pepeha

This term we have been learning Te Reo Maori with Room 3 on a Friday morning. Next week we are going to be sharing our pepeha with the class.  Today we are practising our pronunciation.  Here are a couple of websites that we are using to help us:

For pronunciation: 

http://www.maorilanguage.net/index.cfm

For translation: 

Maori Dictionary

Here is the outline of our pepeha (where I come from):

Tena koutou e hoa ma.

Ko _________________ te maunga

Ko _________________ te awa

Ko _________________ te iwi

Ko _________________ toku ingoa

Te kau ma _______________ oku tau

Ko _________________ raua ko ______________ oku matua

No Papaioea ahau

Ko Whaea Pia Bradshaw te kaiako

No te whanau Ngata ahau

Ko matua Wayne Codyre te tumuaki o taku kura

Tena koutou, tena koutou tena koutou ka toa.

Here is another example of a pepeha: 

The Order of Introduction

Ko ____________________ toku maunga

Ko ____________________ toku moana

Ko ____________________ toku awa

Ko ____________________ toku waka

Ko ____________________ toku rohe

Ko ____________________ toku iwi

Ko ____________________ toku hapu

Ko ____________________ toku wahi

Ko ____________________ toku marae

Ko _____________ raua ko ___________oku kaumatua

Now if your parents come from the same place, continue as follows:

(a) Ko _____________ raua ko ___________ oku matua

Ko ____________________ toku ingoa

If your parents come from two different places you do your father´s side first.

(b) Ko ____________________ toku matua tane

then go back to the top (Maunga) and come down your mother´s side.

(c) Ko ____________________ toku whaea

Ko ____________________ toku ingoa

If one side is Maori, choose (a) (b) or (c) and then finish off with:

Ko ____________________ toku ingoa