LESSON 8
 
 
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  1. This is UNIT 8 of learning Cook Island Maori: Listen to this conversation.
  2. Kia orana e Nootai…
  3. Popongi manea e Louisa, Eaa taau ka inagaro?
  4. Ka inangaro au i te kaikai.
  5. Eia aau tene?
  6. E toru aku tene, e meangiti ua.
  7. Akapeea koe?
  8. E rima aku tene e, e rua aku tāra.
  9. Meitaki, aere mai ka aere taua kaikai.
  10. Listen to this conversation again.
  11. Kia orana e Nootai…
  12. Popongi manea e Louisa, Eaa taau ka inagaro?
  13. Ka inangaro au i te kaikai.
  14. Eia aau tene?
  15. E toru aku tene, e meangiti ua.
  16. Akapeea koe?
  17. E rima aku tene e, e rua aku tāra.
  18. Meitaki, aere mai ka aere taua kaikai.
  19. Do you remember how to say... Something…
  20. Tetai apinga.
  21. Say I want to eat…
  22. Ka inangaro au i te kaikai.
  23. Say I want to eat something…
  24. Ka inangaro au i te kai i tetai apinga.
  25. What do you want to eat?...
  26. Eaa taau ka inangaro i te kai?
  27. I don't want anything…
  28. Kare au e inangaro apinga.
  29. Nothing?…
  30. Kare e apinga?
  31. Okay something…
  32. mari ra tetai apinga.
  33. How many dollars do you have?..
  34. .Eia aau tāra?
  35. Me?...
  36. Ko au?
  37. Five dollars…
  38. Rima tāra.
  39. No, four dollars…
  40. Kare, e Ā tāra.
  41. It's not much…
  42. Kare e maata roa.
  43. I have two dollars…
  44. E rua tāra taku.
  45. I have two dollars in the hotel…
  46. E rua tāra taku i roto i te otera.
  47. But here I have no dollars…
  48. Inara i konei kare aku tāra.
  49. Let's go…
  50. Aere mai, ka aere taua.
  51. Let's go to the Hotel…
  52. Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
  53. Say… to the hotel…
  54. Ki te Otera.
  55. To the restaurant…
  56. Ki te are kaikai.
  57. Let's go to the restaurant…
  58. Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te are kai.
  59. I don't want to…
  60. Kare au e inangaro.
  61. I want to drink…
  62. Ka inangaro au i te inu
  63. How do you say… to drink… in Maori…
  64. Ka Inu.
  65. Tell me you want to drink…
  66. Ka inangaro au i te inu.
  67. Ask...What do you want to drink?...
  68. Eaa taau ka inangaro i te inu?
  69. I don't know…
  70. Kare au i kite.
  71. I don't know what I want to drink…
  72. Kare au i kite e, eaa taku ka inangaro i te inu.
  73. Let's go to the restaurant…
  74. Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te are kaikai.
  75. I want a beer…
  76. Ka inagaro au i tetai pia.
  77. Say… a beer…
  78. E pia.
  79. I want a beer…
  80. Ka inagaro pia au.
  81. I want to drink a beer…
  82. Ka inagaro au i te inu pia.
  83. How much does it cost?...
  84. Eia te moni?
  85. ASk ...how much does it cost…
  86. Eia te moni?
  87. How much does a beer cost?...
  88. Eia moni i te pia?
  89. Seven dollars…
  90. Itu tāra...
  91. Say seven…
  92. Itu.
  93. Seven dollars…
  94. Itu tāra.
  95. I want to drink something…
  96. Ka inagaro au i te inu i tetai apinga.
  97. In the hotel…
  98. i Roto i te otera.
  99. Let's go to the hotel…
  100. Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
  101. Do you want a beer?...
  102. Ka inagaro pia koe?
  103. How much does it cost?...
  104. Eia te moni?
  105. In the hotel, I don't know…
  106. I roto i te otera, kare au i kite.
  107. Here,...Seven dollars…
  108. I konei e itu tāra.
  109. It cost seven dollars…
  110. E itu tāra i te oko.
  111. That's not much…
  112. Kare tena e maata ana.
  113. Six dollars...
  114. Ono tāra
  115. Six...
  116. Ono…
  117. six……
  118. ono…
  119. I have six dollars…
  120. E ono tāra taku.
  121. Do you have seven dollars?...
  122. E itu tāra taau?
  123. Six or seven…..
  124. ono me kare e itu.
  125. listen and repeat the word...Or...
  126. me kare…
  127. Or...
  128. me kare…
  129. Say six or seven...
  130. ono me kare e itu.
  131. Say four or five…
  132. E ā me kare e rima.
  133. How much does it cost…
  134. Eia te moni?
  135. How much does a beer cost?...
  136. Eia te moni e tai pia?
  137. Five dollars ? or Six?...
  138. E rima tāra, me kare e ono?
  139. It cost seven dollars…
  140. E itu tāra te moni.
  141. I don't want to drink anything…
  142. Kare au e inangaro i te inu i tetai apinga.
  143. I don't have seven dollars…
  144. Kare aku itu tāra.
  145. Let's go to the hotel…
  146. Ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
  147. Please…
  148. Ka tika
  149. Where is the bathroom?...
  150. Tiea te are meangiti?...
  151. bathroom...
  152. are meangiti…
  153. bathroom…
  154. are meangiti.
  155. Ask where the bathroom is…
  156. Tiea te are meangiti?
  157. It's there…
  158. Tera i ko.
  159. Here or there?...
  160. Tei konei me kare tei ko?
  161. I don't know where it is…
  162. Kare au i kite ē tiea.
  163. The bathroom, …
  164. Te are meangiti…
  165. I don't know where the bathroom is…
  166. Kare au i kite e tiea te are meangiti.
  167. I want to drink a beer…
  168. Ka inagaro au i te inu pia.
  169. Say one beer…
  170. E tai pia.
  171. Try to say...Two beers…
  172. E rua pia.
  173. I want two beers…
  174. Ka inangaro au e rua pia.
  175. Say… the bathroom…
  176. Te are meangiti.
  177. Please, where is the bathroom?..
  178. Me ka tika iakoe, Tiea te are meangiti.
  179. Here or there?...
  180. Tei konei me kare tei ko?
  181. Let's go to the hotel…
  182. Ka aere taua ki ko i te otera.
  183. Or a restaurant…
  184. Me kare te are kaikai.
  185. I want to drink a beer…
  186. Ka inangaro au i te inu pia.
  187. How much does it cost?...
  188. Eia te moni?
  189. It cost six dollars sir…
  190. E ono tara e papa.
  191. In the restaurant...How much does it cost?...
  192. Eia ite moni i roto i te are kaikai?
  193. Seven dollars?...
  194. E itu tāra?
  195. No sir, six…
  196. Kare e papa, e ono.
  197. Excuse me Miss…
  198. E maine?
  199. Where is the bathroom?...
  200. Tiea te are meangiti?
  201. It’s over there sir…
  202. Tera i ko e pa.
  203. Thank you Miss…
  204. Meitaki e maine.
  205. Now suppose it's the evening and you see your friend Miss Akarere. How do you call her and greet her?...
  206. Kia orana e Maine Akarere.
  207. And how does she answer back…
  208. Kia orana e papa.
  209. Inquire how she is?...
  210. Peea ua koe?
  211. She answers…
  212. Meitaki ua au.
  213. Ask her if she would like to eat something…
  214. Ka inangaro koe i te kaikai e Akarere?
  215. She answers…
  216. Kare au e inangaro.
  217. Don't you want anything?...
  218. Kare āau apinga e inangaro?
  219. No thank you…
  220. Kare,meitaki ra.
  221. But do you want to drink something?..
  222. Inara, ka inangaro koe i te inu i tetai apinga?
  223. Yes please…
  224. Ae, me ka tika iakoe.
  225. I want a beer…
  226. E pia taku ka inangaro.
  227. And you?...
  228. Akapeea koe?
  229. Yes, a beer…
  230. Ae, e pia taku.
  231. Let's go drink two beers…
  232. Ka aere taua ka inu e rua pia.
  233. How many dollars do you have?...
  234. Eia aau tāra?
  235. I don't know...
  236. Kare au i kite.
  237. Five or seven…
  238. E rima me kare e itu.
  239. How much does one beer cost?
  240. Eia te moni e tai pia?...
  241. Six dollars…
  242. E ono tāra.
  243. Six dollars , it's a lot…
  244. Ono tāra, maata roa.
  245. But I've got dollars…
  246. Inara e tāra aere taku.
  247. Two or three…
  248. E rua me kare e toru.
  249. No four…
  250. Kare e ā.
  251. Let's go drink a beer…
  252. Aere mai ka aere taua ka inu pia.
  253. In the Vaituna restaurant…
  254. Ki roto i te Vaituna are kai.
  255. Let's go to the Vaituna restaurant….
  256. Aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te are kai, Vaituna.
  257. Where is it?...
  258. Kiea ngai?
  259. It's here…
  260. Teia i konei.
  261. Entering the restaurant, say...Good Evening…
  262. Aiai manea.
  263. I want two beers…
  264. Ka inangaro au e rua pia.
  265. And the bathroom please…
  266. Me ka tika iakoe, E te are meangiti.
  267. Very good sir…
  268. Meitaki e pāpā.
  269. Two beers…
  270. E rua pia.
  271. And the bathroom is over there…
  272. E, ti ko te are meangiti.
  273. Thank you very much…
  274. Meitaki maata,
  275. And I want to eat something…
  276. e ka inangaro katoa rai au i te kai i tetai apinga..
  277. Very good sir…
  278. Meitaki e pāpā.
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