LESSON 16
- This is Unit 16 of learning Cook Island Maori. Listen to this conversation.
- Kia orana e Don tane, peea ua koe?
- Meitaki maata, peea ua koe?
- Meitaki ua nei rai au.
- Te aere nei au ki ko i te Otera.
- Ka inangaro au i te inu pia.
- Korua koai ka aere ei?
- Ka aere koe, ko koe ua?
- Kare, ko maua ko Jessie ka aere ei.
- E apinga ke taau ka inangaro koe i te inu?
- Ae, meitaki.
- Ka inangaro au i te inu pia. E ka inangaro katoa au i te puka kia koe.
- Do you remember?… At 4.00…
- Ite ora ā.
- At 4.30…
- I te apa note ora ā.
- At a quarter to 5…
- I te tai-ngauru ma rima meneti ka ora rima ei.
- I have 18 minutes…
- E tai-ngauru ma varu meneti oku.
- What time is it?...
- Eaa te ora?
- It's a quater past 6…
- E tai-ngauru ma rima meneti i pati te ora ono.
- It's early…
- E Vave.
- It's very early…
- E vave roa.
- I have 30 minutes…
- E toru ngauru rai oku meneti.
- No mam it's late…
- Kare e Ma e reiti roa.
- You have only 20 minutes…
- E rua ngauru rai ōou meneti.
- 25…
- E rua ngauru ma rima.
- It's not late…
- Kare e reiti ana.
- What are we going to do?...
- Eaa ta taua ka aere ka rave.
- Who, me?...
- Koai, koau?
- No us…
- Kare ko taua.
- Us or we?...
- Taua me kare tatou.
- Together…
- Kapiti.
- We are going together…
- Ka aere kapiti taua.
- With whom…
- Koai uatu ei?
- With Jessie…
- Ko Jessie.
- What time is it?..
- Eaa te ora?
- It's 12.00…
- E tuaero.
- In 40 minutes…
- Mei te ā ngauru meneti.
- Or 45 minutes…
- Me kare i te ā ngauru ma rima meneti.
- It's too much time…
- E maata roa tena ora.
- Jessie wants to eat with us…
- Ka inangaro a Jessie i te kaikai kia tatou
- In 39 minutes…
- Mei te toru ngauru ma iva meneti.
- No 50…
- Kare e rima ngauru.
- It's too much…
- E maata roa.
- We are not going to eat too much…
- Kare tatou e ka aere kaikai maata roa.
- Who's going to pay for it?...
- Naai e aere e tutaki?
- We are going to pay for it together…
- Na tatou e tutaki kapiti.
- I can pay for it alone…
- Ka rauka anake iaku i te tutaki.
- How does a man say… I, alone…
- Ko au, ko au anake ua.
- How does a woman say…I, alone…
- Ko au, ko au anake.
- She said I can do it alone…
- Karanga mai aia ka rauka iaia anake i te rave.
- With 59 dollars…
- Ki te rima ngauru ma iva tāra.
- Or 60…
- Me kare e ono ngauru.
- 60…
- Ono ngauru.
- 63…
- Ono ngauru ma toru.
- 65…
- Ono ngauru ma rima.
- Who's going to buy it?...
- Naai e aere e oko?
- How does she say ,...I alone…
- Ko au anake.
- It's too much…
- E maata roa.
- My husband…
- Taku tane…
- My husband…
- Taku tane…
- My wife…
- Taku vaine…
- My wife…
- Taku vaine…
- Say the number 23…
- Rua ngauru ma toru.
- 48…
- Ā ngauru ma varu.
- 68…
- Ono ngauru ma varu.
- My husband…
- Taku tane.
- My husbands going to pay…
- Na taku tane e tutaki.
- My wife has no money…
- Kare a taku vaine moni.
- My husband has too much…
- E maata uatu ta taku tane.
- He has 70 dollars.…
- E itu ngauru tāra tana.
- 70…
- Itu ngauru.
- 60 or 70…
- Ono ngauru me kare e itu ngauru.
- How much money?…
- Eia moni?
- My husband has 70…
- E itu ngauru a taku tane.
- 75…
- Itu ngauru ma rima.
- 77…
- Itu ngauru ma itu.
- And your wife?...
- Akapeea taau vaine?
- Your Husband
- Taau tane..
- My husband has 79…
- E Itu ngauru ma iva a taku tane.
- And your wife?..
- Akapeea taau vaine?
- How much does your wife have…
- Eia a taau vaine?
- Who,us?...
- Koai? Ko maua?
- Yes you and your wife…
- Ae ko koe e taau vaine.
- Together…
- Kapiti.
- Say… I don't have a wife…
- Kare aku vaine.
- I have a friend…
- E taeake ua toku.
- I have a friend…
- E taeake ua toku.
- Does he mean he has a male friend or female friend?...
- Female…
- Vaine
- What's the word for a Male friend…
- Tane.
- My friend Paul…
- Toku taeake ko Paul.
- My friend Louisa…
- Toku taeake ko Louisa.
- Say the word… number …
- Numero
- 51…
- Rima ngauru ma tai.
- 62…
- Ono ngauru ma rua.
- 73…
- Itu ngauru ma toru.
- Say… My friend Lucas….
- Toku taeake ko Lucas.
- My friend Maria…
- Toku taeake ko Maria.
- Say number…
- Numero
- 70…
- Itu ngauru.
- 75…
- Itu ngauru ma rima.
- 36…
- Toru ngauru ma ono.
- Do you remember how to say, Glad to meet you…
- Ma reka i te aravei anga iakoe.
- I'm Mrs Brown…
- Ko Brown vaine au.
- I'm Mr Connor…
- Ko Connor tane au.
- Where are you from?....
- Noea mai koe?
- From Hawaii…
- No Vai’i.
- I'm Hawaiian…
- E tangata Vai’i au.
- My wife is Hawaiian too…
- E vaine Vai’i katoa taku.
- Your wife?...
- Taau vaine?
- Where is she?..
- .Tiea nga’i aia?
- With us…
- Teia i konei ia matou.
- And your husband?...
- E taau tane?
- He's not here…
- Kare aia i konei.
- Not now , Later…
- Kare i teia taime, akonei ra.
- We have one hour, We have time…
- E tai o tatou ora, E taime to tatou.
- No, we don't have time…
- Kare , kare o tatou taime.
- I only have 37 minutes…
- E toru ngauru ma itu rai oku meneti.
- I have a friend Jessie…
- E taeake toku ko Jessie.
- We want to eat together…
- Ka inagaro maua i te kaikai kapiti.
- We want to eat together…
- Ka inangaro maua i te kaikai kapiti.
- I also want to eat..
- Ka inagaro katoa rai au i te kaikai.
- With my friend Lucas…
- E toku taeake ko Lucas.
- We want to eat…
- Ka inangaro maua i te kaikai.
- With your friend Jessie…
- E toou taeake a Jessie.
- Try to say… we have lots of friends…
- E maata to maua taeake.
- Try… But not many wifes…
- Inara kare e maata ana te vaine.
- Only one wife…
- E tai rai vaine.
- Who's going to pay…
- Naai e tutaki?
- Us, My husband and I…
- Na maua, koau e taku tane.
- Thank you very much…
- Meitaki maata.
- You are welcome…
- Mako ua ra.
- Say number…
- Numero
- 44…
- Ā ngauru ma ā.
- 58…
- Rima ngauru ma varu.
- 69…
- Ono ngauru ma iva.
- 70…
- Itu ngauru.
- We want to eat together…
- Ka inangaro maua i te kaikai kapiti,
- We don't want to drink anything…
- Kare maua e inangaro i te inu apinga.
- My wife wants a beer…
- Ka inangaro pia taku vaine.
- Your husband, does he want anything?...
- Taau tane , e apinga tana ka inangaro?
- He wants to pay…
- Ka inangaro aia i te tutaki.
- We want to pay for the beers…
- Ka inangaro maua i te tutaki no te au pia.
- We want to pay for them…
- Ka inangaro maua i te tutaki no ratou.
- My friend Lucas…
- Ko toku taeake ko Lucas.
- He's going with us…
- Ka aru mai ia taua.
- Is he here?...
- Ti konei aia?
- Not now…
- Kare i teia taime.
- He's with your husband…
- Ti ko aia i taau tane.
- Say number…
- Numero
- 78…
- Itu ngauru ma varu.
- 66…
- Ono ngauru ma ono.
- We have lots of friends here…
- E maata to maua taeake i konei.
- We want to eat now…
- Ka inangaro matou i te kaikai i teia taime.
- In one hour mam…
- Mei te tai ora e Ma.
- In an hour and a half, we are going to eat…
- Mei te tai ete apa ora, ka aere tatou kaikai.