LESSON 8
- This is UNIT 8 of learning Cook Island Maori: Listen to this conversation.
- Kia orana e Nootai…
- Popongi manea e Louisa, Eaa taau ka inagaro?
- Ka inangaro au i te kaikai.
- Eia aau tene?
- E toru aku tene, e meangiti ua.
- Akapeea koe?
- E rima aku tene e, e rua aku tāra.
- Meitaki, aere mai ka aere taua kaikai.
- Listen to this conversation again.
- Kia orana e Nootai…
- Popongi manea e Louisa, Eaa taau ka inagaro?
- Ka inangaro au i te kaikai.
- Eia aau tene?
- E toru aku tene, e meangiti ua.
- Akapeea koe?
- E rima aku tene e, e rua aku tāra.
- Meitaki, aere mai ka aere taua kaikai.
- Do you remember how to say... Something…
- Tetai apinga.
- Say I want to eat…
- Ka inangaro au i te kaikai.
- Say I want to eat something…
- Ka inangaro au i te kai i tetai apinga.
- What do you want to eat?...
- Eaa taau ka inangaro i te kai?
- I don't want anything…
- Kare au e inangaro apinga.
- Nothing?…
- Kare e apinga?
- Okay something…
- mari ra tetai apinga.
- How many dollars do you have?..
- .Eia aau tāra?
- Me?...
- Ko au?
- Five dollars…
- Rima tāra.
- No, four dollars…
- Kare, e Ā tāra.
- It's not much…
- Kare e maata roa.
- I have two dollars…
- E rua tāra taku.
- I have two dollars in the hotel…
- E rua tāra taku i roto i te otera.
- But here I have no dollars…
- Inara i konei kare aku tāra.
- Let's go…
- Aere mai, ka aere taua.
- Let's go to the Hotel…
- Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
- Say… to the hotel…
- Ki te Otera.
- To the restaurant…
- Ki te are kaikai.
- Let's go to the restaurant…
- Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te are kai.
- I don't want to…
- Kare au e inangaro.
- I want to drink…
- Ka inangaro au i te inu
- How do you say… to drink… in Maori…
- Ka Inu.
- Tell me you want to drink…
- Ka inangaro au i te inu.
- Ask...What do you want to drink?...
- Eaa taau ka inangaro i te inu?
- I don't know…
- Kare au i kite.
- I don't know what I want to drink…
- Kare au i kite e, eaa taku ka inangaro i te inu.
- Let's go to the restaurant…
- Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te are kaikai.
- I want a beer…
- Ka inagaro au i tetai pia.
- Say… a beer…
- E pia.
- I want a beer…
- Ka inagaro pia au.
- I want to drink a beer…
- Ka inagaro au i te inu pia.
- How much does it cost?...
- Eia te moni?
- ASk ...how much does it cost…
- Eia te moni?
- How much does a beer cost?...
- Eia moni i te pia?
- Seven dollars…
- Itu tāra...
- Say seven…
- Itu.
- Seven dollars…
- Itu tāra.
- I want to drink something…
- Ka inagaro au i te inu i tetai apinga.
- In the hotel…
- i Roto i te otera.
- Let's go to the hotel…
- Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
- Do you want a beer?...
- Ka inagaro pia koe?
- How much does it cost?...
- Eia te moni?
- In the hotel, I don't know…
- I roto i te otera, kare au i kite.
- Here,...Seven dollars…
- I konei e itu tāra.
- It cost seven dollars…
- E itu tāra i te oko.
- That's not much…
- Kare tena e maata ana.
- Six dollars...
- Ono tāra
- Six...
- Ono…
- six……
- ono…
- I have six dollars…
- E ono tāra taku.
- Do you have seven dollars?...
- E itu tāra taau?
- Six or seven…..
- ono me kare e itu.
- listen and repeat the word...Or...
- me kare…
- Or...
- me kare…
- Say six or seven...
- ono me kare e itu.
- Say four or five…
- E ā me kare e rima.
- How much does it cost…
- Eia te moni?
- How much does a beer cost?...
- Eia te moni e tai pia?
- Five dollars ? or Six?...
- E rima tāra, me kare e ono?
- It cost seven dollars…
- E itu tāra te moni.
- I don't want to drink anything…
- Kare au e inangaro i te inu i tetai apinga.
- I don't have seven dollars…
- Kare aku itu tāra.
- Let's go to the hotel…
- Ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
- Please…
- Ka tika
- Where is the bathroom?...
- Tiea te are meangiti?...
- bathroom...
- are meangiti…
- bathroom…
- are meangiti.
- Ask where the bathroom is…
- Tiea te are meangiti?
- It's there…
- Tera i ko.
- Here or there?...
- Tei konei me kare tei ko?
- I don't know where it is…
- Kare au i kite ē tiea.
- The bathroom, …
- Te are meangiti…
- I don't know where the bathroom is…
- Kare au i kite e tiea te are meangiti.
- I want to drink a beer…
- Ka inagaro au i te inu pia.
- Say one beer…
- E tai pia.
- Try to say...Two beers…
- E rua pia.
- I want two beers…
- Ka inangaro au e rua pia.
- Say… the bathroom…
- Te are meangiti.
- Please, where is the bathroom?..
- Me ka tika iakoe, Tiea te are meangiti.
- Here or there?...
- Tei konei me kare tei ko?
- Let's go to the hotel…
- Ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
- Or a restaurant…
- Me kare te are kaikai.
- I want to drink a beer…
- Ka inangaro au i te inu pia.
- How much does it cost?...
- Eia te moni?
- It cost six dollars sir…
- E ono tara e papa.
- In the restaurant...How much does it cost?...
- Eia ite moni i roto i te are kaikai?
- Seven dollars?...
- E itu tāra?
- No sir, six…
- Kare e papa, e ono.
- Excuse me Miss…
- E maine?
- Where is the bathroom?...
- Tiea te are meangiti?
- It’s over there sir…
- Tera i ko e pa.
- Thank you Miss…
- Meitaki e maine.
- Now suppose it's the evening and you see your friend Miss Akarere. How do you call her and greet her?...
- Kia orana e Maine Akarere.
- And how does she answer back…
- Kia orana e papa.
- Inquire how she is?...
- Peea ua koe?
- She answers…
- Meitaki ua au.
- Ask her if she would like to eat something…
- Ka inangaro koe i te kaikai e Akarere?
- She answers…
- Kare au e inangaro.
- Don't you want anything?...
- Kare āau apinga e inangaro?
- No thank you…
- Kare,meitaki ra.
- But do you want to drink something?..
- Inara, ka inangaro koe i te inu i tetai apinga?
- Yes please…
- Ae, me ka tika iakoe.
- I want a beer…
- E pia taku ka inangaro.
- And you?...
- Akapeea koe?
- Yes, a beer…
- Ae, e pia taku.
- Let's go drink two beers…
- Ka aere taua ka inu e rua pia.
- How many dollars do you have?...
- Eia aau tāra?
- I don't know...
- Kare au i kite.
- Five or seven…
- E rima me kare e itu.
- How much does one beer cost?
- Eia te moni e tai pia?...
- Six dollars…
- E ono tāra.
- Six dollars , it's a lot…
- Ono tāra, maata roa.
- But I've got dollars…
- Inara e tāra aere taku.
- Two or three…
- E rua me kare e toru.
- No four…
- Kare e ā.
- Let's go drink a beer…
- Aere mai ka aere taua ka inu pia.
- In the Vaituna restaurant…
- Ki roto i te Vaituna are kai.
- Let's go to the Vaituna restaurant….
- Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te are kai, Vaituna.
- Where is it?...
- Kiea ngai?
- It's here…
- Teia i konei.
- Entering the restaurant, say...Good Evening…
- Aiai manea.
- I want two beers…
- Ka inangaro au e rua pia.
- And the bathroom please…
- Me ka tika iakoe, E te are meangiti.
- Very good sir…
- Meitaki e pāpā.
- Two beers…
- E rua pia.
- And the bathroom is over there…
- E, ti ko te are meangiti.
- Thank you very much…
- Meitaki maata,
- And I want to eat something…
- e ka inangaro katoa rai au i te kai i tetai apinga..
- Very good sir…
- Meitaki e pāpā.