Review — Ngā oro rua katoa

You do not need to memorise every meaning here. This page is for revisiting the sound patterns and noticing how much more familiar they feel than they did at the start.

Read, listen, and imitate as well as you can. Then come back another day and do it again. Pronunciation often improves in layers, not all at once.

If the chapter has made you more aware of what your ear is listening for, it is already doing its job.

Pair	Te Reo Māori	English
ae	pae	shelf
ae	tae	to arrive; colour
ae	haere	to go
ai	pai	good
ai	tai	tide, coast
ai	kai	food; to eat
ao	ao	world; daylight
ao	pao	to strike
ao	tao	spear
au	au or ahau	I / me
au	pau	to be consumed / used up
au	hau	wind, breath
au	tau	year; to settle
au	maunga	mountain
ea	hea	where
ea	mea	thing
ei	kei	at, in, on
ei	tēnei	this (near speaker)
eo	reo	language; voice
eu	heu	to shave
ia	kia	let it be
ia	hia	how many
ie	mārie	peaceful
io	whio	to whistle; blue duck
io	tio	freezing
iu	whiu	to throw
oa	hoa	friend
oa	roa	long
oa	toa	to win; champion
oe	koe	you (singular)
oe	moe	sleep
oi	poi	poi (light ball on a string)
oi	toi	art; knowledge
ou	hou	new
ou	pou	post, pole
ua	ua	rain
ua	mua	in front of
ue	ue	to push; to shake
ue	hue	gourd
ui	hui	meeting
ui	nui	big, many
uo	puoro	music

Ngā oro rua — Say it in phrases

Ngā oro rua — Say it in phrases