LESSON 18
- This is Unit 18 of learning Cook Island Maori. Listen to this conversation.
- Avatea manea, Ka inangaro au i te oko i tetai apinga na taku vaine.
- No Autireiria mai maua. Ka inangaro au i te oko i tetai apinga note Kuki Airani atu nei.
- Eaa?, Eaa taau ka inangaro?
- Kare au i kite, tetai apinga meitaki.
- Eia aau ka inangaro i te tutaki?
- Tera ua, eiaa e maata roa.
- E apinga meitaki tikai ta matou. Teia ua.
- E Varu anere e iva ngauru tāra i te tutaki. Ka inangaro koe?
- Kare au i kite, kare i papu, Aaaa teia taku vaine.
- Ka aere au ka tuatua kiaia.
- Say numbers…
- Numero
- 40…
- Ā ngauru.
- I've got 45 dollars.…
- E ā ngauru ma rima tāra taku.
- No 65…
- Kare, e ono ngauru ma rima.
- We've got lots of money…
- E maata ta maua moni.
- Who, us?...
- Koai, ko maua?
- Yes, we've got too much…
- Ae, e maata roa ta maua…
- 70…
- Itu ngauru.
- 80 dollars…
- Varu ngauru tāra.
- And 56 dollars…
- E rima ngauru ma ono tāra.
- What are we going to do?...
- Eaa ta taua ka aere ka rave?
- What are we going to do with the money?...
- Eaa ta taua ka rave ki teia moni?
- Do you know?...
- Kua kite koe?
- No I don't know…
- Kare, kare au i kite.
- We don't know…
- Kare maua i kite.
- I want to know…
- Ka inangaro au i te kite.
- I want to know it…
- Ka inangaro au i te kite atu.
- We can buy something…
- Ka rauka ia maua i te oko i tetai apinga.
- I am buying…
- Ka oko au.
- What do you buy?...
- Eaa taau ka inangaro i te oko?
- I want to know…
- Ka inangaro au i te kite.
- Something good…
- Tetai apinga meitaki.
- In the restaurant…
- I roto i te are Kai.
- For Whom?...
- Naai?
- For us…
- Na maua.
- Let's go together…
- Aere mai ka aere kapiti taua.
- We eat and we talk…
- Kaikai taua e ka tuatua taua.
- Alright, I buy and I pay…
- Mako ra, Naku e oko e naku rai e tutaki.
- No, it costs too much…
- Kare, e maata roa tona tutaki.
- But I have enough…
- Inara, kua rava taku.
- I have enough money…
- Kua rava taku moni.
- No, not enough…
- Kare, kare e rava ana.
- You alone don't have enough…
- Ko koe anake ua kare i rava.
- Why not?...
- Eaa e kare ei?
- I want to know…
- Ka inangaro au i te kite.
- How much do the two beers cost?...
- Eia te moni e rua pia?
- We are going to buy many beers…
- E maata ta maua pia ka oko.
- Because my friends are going also…
- Note mea, ka aere katoa toku au taeake.
- Your friends?...
- Toou au taeake?
- Yes Maria and Hosea are going…
- Ae , ka aere a Maria raua ko Hosea.
- They are going with us…
- Ka aru mai raua iā maua.
- But together we can pay…
- Inara ka tutaki kapiti matou.
- We have 90…
- E iva ngauru ta maua …
- It's our money…
- Na matou rai teia moni.
- It's for eating…
- Note kaikai.
- And for drinking…
- E te inuinu.
- Together we have enough…
- Kapiti kua rava ta maua.
- Maybe…
- Penei pa’a.
- And your wife is going?,...
- E ka aru rai taau vaine?
- But my wife isn't here…
- Inara kare taku vaine i konei
- Where is your wife?...
- Tiea taau vaine?
- In Wellington…
- Tei Wellington.
- Are you from Wellington?…
- No Wellington mai koe?
- No, Australia…
- Kare, no Autireria.
- My wife and I…
- Ko maua ko taku vaine.
- We are from Australia…
- No Autireria mai maua.
- But we are in Rarotonga now…
- Inara tei Rarotonga nei maua i teia taime.
- Yes we are in Rarotonga…
- Ae tei Rarotonga nei maua.
- Ask... where are you now?...
- Teiea ngai koe i teia taime?
- I'm in Wellington…
- Tei Wellington nei au.
- We're in Wellington…
- Tei Wellington nei maua.
- Try to say…I'm in Rarotonga…
- Tei Rarotonga nei au.
- Can you remember how to say I'm Australian…
- E tangata Autireria au.
- And how do you say…I'm in Rarotonga…
- Tei Rarotonga nei au.
- We're Australian…
- E tangata Autireria maua.
- Say… We are Rarotongans…
- E tangata Rarotonga maua.
- We're in Rarotonga…
- Tei Rarotonga nei maua.
- We're in the restaurant…
- Tei roto nei maua i te are kai.
- We're here together…
- Tei konei kapiti maua.
- Say…I'm Mrs Smith…
- Ko Smith vaine au.
- I'm here with my husband…
- Tei konei maua ko taku tane.
- Are you Mr Jones?...
- Ko koe a Jones tane?
- Are you in your hotel?..
- Tei roto koe i toou Otera?
- Are you ready?...
- Kua pa’pa koe?
- Ready
- Pa’pa…pa’pa.
- Are you ready?...
- Kua pa’pa koe?
- Answer… Yes I'm ready…
- Ae kua pa’pa au.
- How does a woman say… I'm ready…
- Kua pa’pa au.
- Ask her if she's ready?...
- E maine , kua pa’pa koe?
- Yes I'm ready…
- Ae kua pa’pa au.
- My friend Peter is ready too…
- Kua pa’pa katoa toku taeake a Peter.
- He's my friend…
- E taeake aia noku.
- We are friends…
- E taeake maua.
- Maria is ready also…
- Kua pa’pa katoa rai a Maria.
- She's my friend…
- E taeake aia noku.
- Maria is my friend…
- E taeake a Maria noku.
- We're here together…
- Ko maua nake teia i konei.
- And do you know?...
- E kua kite koe?
- I'm going to do something…
- Ka aere au ka rave i tetai apinga.
- Do you want to know what?..
- Ka inangaro koe i te kite e, eaa?
- Answer… Yes I wanna know…
- Ae, ka inangaro au i te kite.
- What are you going to do?.
- Eaa taau ka rave?
- I'm leaving…
- Te aere nei au.
- Literally you are saying… I myself, am going…
- Te aere nei au.
- We're leaving…
- Te aere nei maua
- We're going away…
- Ka aere nei maua ngaai ke.
- I'm leaving…
- Ka aere nei maua.
- With my friend Maria…
- Maua ko toku taeake a Maria.
- My friend Maria is ready…
- Kua pa’pa toku taeake a Maria.
- And I'm ready…
- E kua pa’pa rai au.
- We're ready…
- Kua pa’pa maua.
- And we're leaving…
- E ka aere nei maua
- We're leaving now…
- Te aere nei maua i teia taime
- I'm going away with you…
- Ka aere nei au aru iakoe.
- No you can't…
- Kare , kare e rauka iakoe.
- You're not ready…
- Kare koe i pa’pa.
- Yes I'm ready…
- Ae kua pa’pa au.
- And I'm your friend…
- E taeake koe noku.
- And I have lots of money…
- E maata tikai taku moni.
- How much do you have?..
- Eia aau?
- A hundred dollars…
- E tai anere tāra.
- A hundred dollars…
- E tai anere tāra.
- I'm leaving now…
- Te aere nei au i teia taime.
- I have a hundred dollars…
- E tai anere tāra taku.
- A hundred and ten…
- E tai anere e, tai ngauru.
- When you say a number hundred by itself…its…
- Tai anere.
- When you say any number from a hundred and up …its…
- Tai anere ongā.
- 140…
- Tai anere e, ā ngauru.
- Say a hundred dollars…
- E tai anere tāra.
- 160…
- Tai anere e, ono ngauru.
- Ask the Women, Are you ready?..
- Kua pa’pa koe?
- Yes, I have my money…
- Ae, teia rai taku moni.
- My one hundred dollars…
- Taku tai anere tāra.
- And one hundred and fifty dollars…
- E te tai anere e, rima ngauru tāra.
- Let's go…
- Aere mai, ka aere.
- I'm leaving with you…
- Ko taua ka aere ei.
- We're leaving together…
- Ko taua ka aere kapiti ei.
- With one hundred dollars?...
- E te tai anere tāra.
- No with 2 hundred…
- Kare, e te rua anere.
- Or with 3 hundred…
- Me kare, e te toru anere.
- Alright it's enough…
- Ina, kua rava ua.
- For us it's enough…
- Na taua ua, kua rava.
- Are we leaving now?...
- Te aere nei taua i teia taime
- If we are ready…
- Me kua pa’pa taua.
- Where's your friend Jessie?...
- Teiea toou taeake a Jessie?
- Over there in the restaurant…
- Tera i ko, i roto i te are kai.
- For what …
- Titea’a?
- In order to buy something…
- Ti te aere aia i te oko apinga.
- Many things?...
- Maata te apinga?
- No a few things…
- Kare, nga mea apinga ua.
- They don't cost too much…
- Kare e oko maata ana.
- 80 dollars…
- Varu ngauru tāra.
- We have lots of money…
- E maata ta maua moni.
- We're friends…
- E taeake maua.
- We have sufficient money…
- Kua rava ta maua moni.
- 300 dollars.…
- Toru anere tāra.
- And a hundred dollars…
- E te tai anere tāra.
- That's a lot…
- E maata tera.
- Yes, it's enough…
- Ae, kua rava ua.
- We're ready…
- Kua pa’pa maua.
- We're leaving mam
- Te aere nei maua e Ma.
- Goodbye sir…
- Aere ra e Pa.