LESSON 9
- This is UNIT 9 of learning Cook Island Maori. Listen to this conversation.
- Avatea manea e Maria, ka inangaro koe i te kaikai
- Kare , kare au e inangaro i te kaikai, mari ra, ka inangaro au i te inu i tetai apinga.
- E tai pia?
- Ae, me ka tika iakoe.
- Eia moni i te pia?
- Kua kite koe?
- Ae kua kite au.
- E tai pia, e toru tara
- E rua pia, e ono tara.
- E ono tara?
- Kare aku ono tara.
- Eia aau tāra?
- E rima aku tāra.
- Meitaki ua e Joe, e tai tāra taku.
- Meitaki maata, aere mai ka aere taua ki ko i te Are kai
- Do you remember the number 5 in Maori?...
- Rima
- Four…
- Ā
- Say... Four or Five…
- Ā me kare e Rima
- How many four or 5…
- Eia ā me kare e rima.
- How many dollars?..
- Eia tāra?
- How many do you have…
- Eia āau?
- Six or seven?..
- Ono me kare e itu?…
- six or seven?…
- Ono me kare e itu.?
- Now suppose you meet your friend Joe, you want to say... Hello..
- .Kia orana…
- Hello…
- Kia orana.
- Hello Joe…
- Kia orana e Joe.
- Joe says ...Hello. Let's go eat …
- Kia orana, Ka aere taua kaikai…
- Let's go eat ..
- Ka aere taua kaikai.
- Ask Joe what he wants to eat?...
- Joe, eaa taau ka inangaro i te kai?
- Joe says..I don't know…
- Kare au i kite.
- Let's go to the restaurant…
- Aere taua ki ko i te are kaikai.
- We are going to drink beer…
- Aere taua ka inu pia…
- We are going to drink beer.…
- Aere taua ka inu pia.
- We are not going to drink beer…
- Kare taua e aere inu pia.
- Yes, a beer…
- Ae, e pia.
- That's fine but…
- Mako uara, inara…
- but…
- inara.
- How much does a beer cost?..
- .Eia te moni i te pia?…
- How much does a beer cost?..
- .Eia te moni i te pia?
- Five or six dollars…
- E rima me kare e ono tāra.
- But excuse me?...
- Inara, akakoromaki mai,
- But excuse me?...
- I Inara akakoromaki mai.
- Where is the bathroom?...
- Tiea te are meangiti.
- Do you know where it is?...
- Kare au i kite e tiea.
- It's over there…
- Te ra i ko.
- The bathroom is over there…
- Tera te are meangiti i ko.
- But I'm going…
- Inara, te aere nei au.
- Say... I'm going…
- Te aere nei au.
- To where?..
- .Kiea?...
- To where?...
- Kiea?
- Say …Let's go to eat …
- Ka aere taua kaikai.
- To where?...
- Kiea?
- To the restaurant…
- Ki ko ite are kaikai.
- I'm going to the restaurant…
- Te aere nei au ki ko ite are kaikai.
- I'm going to eat something…
- Te aere nei au ite kai i tetai apinga .
- Are you going?...
- Te aere nei koe?...
- Are you going?...
- Te aere nei koe?
- Ask...Are you going?..
- .Te aere nei koe?
- Are you going to eat?...
- Ka aere koe kaikai?
- Yes and I'm going to drink…
- Ae, e ka aere katoa au inuinu.
- I'm going to pay…
- Naku e tutaki.
- Say...I'm going to pay…
- Naku e tutaki.
- No you are not going to pay…
- Kare, kare koe e tutaki.
- I want to pay…
- Ka inangaro au i te tutaki.
- I'm going to pay…
- Naku e tutaki.
- Listen and repeat the word money…
- Moni.
- Say… Money…
- Moni.
- I have money…
- E moni taku.
- I want to pay…
- Ka inagaro au i te tutaki.
- Do you have money?..
- E moni taau?
- Yes, I'm going to pay…
- Ae, naku e tutaki.
- You are not going to pay…
- Kare koe e aere e tutaki.
- Yes, I'm going to pay…
- Ae, Naku e tutaki.
- I have money…
- E moni taku.
- Ask the man what he wants to eat…
- Papa eaa taau ka inangaro i te kai?
- Ask him where he wants to eat?..
- Tiea taau ngai ka inangaro i te kaikai?
- In the restaurant…
- ki roto i te are kai.
- Ask how much does it cost?..
- Eia te moni?
- Seven…
- Itu.
- Eight…
- Varu..
- eight….
- Varu.
- Say...Eight dollars…
- Varu tāra.
- It's a lot of money…
- E aka moni.
- Eight dollars…
- I have nine dollars..
- E iva tāra taku..
- nine…
- iva…
- nine…
- iva...
- I have nine dollars…
- E iva tāra taku…
- nine…
- iva.
- Eight…
- Varu.
- Nine…
- Iva
- Eight or nine…
- Varu me kare e iva.
- It's not much money…
- Kare i maata roa te moni.
- It's nothing…
- Kare i te apinga.
- Only a little…
- E mea meangiti ua…
- only…
- E mea ua…
- only a little…
- e mea meangiti ua.
- Say ...Only eight dollars…
- E varu tāra ua.
- Only nine dollars.…
- E iva tāra ua.
- It's not much money…
- Kare i maata roa te moni.
- Only a little…
- E mea meangiti ua.
- Yes it's only a little…
- Ae , e meangiti ua.
- You are going to pay?…
- Naau e aere e tutaki.?
- Yes and I want to pay…
- Ae , ka inangaro rai au i te tutaki.
- Now do you remember how to say...One beer…
- E tai pia.
- I want to drink a beer…
- Ka inangaro au i te inu i tetai pia.
- And you?...
- Ka akapeea koe?
- Yes, I want to drink something…
- Ae ka inangaro au i te inu i tetai apinga.
- Two beers…
- E rua pia.
- I'm going to drink two beers…
- E rua aku pia ka inu.
- But I have no time…
- Inara kare oku taime…
- time…
- .Taime…
- Say...I don't have time…
- Kare oku taime.
- You don't have time?...
- Kare ō’ou taime?
- Not much time…
- Kare e maata roa ana te taime.
- And not much money…
- E, kare katoa e maata ana te moni.
- How much money do you have?..
- .Eia aau moni.
- Only nine dollars…
- E iva tāra ua.
- It's nothing…
- Kare e apinga.
- I'm going to pay…
- Te aere nei au ka tutaki.
- Are you going to pay?..
- .Naau e tutaki?
- Yes, I have dollars…
- Ae , e tāra taku.
- Seven dollars…
- Itu tāra.
- Eight dollars…
- Varu tāra.
- Do you have money…
- E moni taau.
- But do you have time?...
- Inara e taime toou?
- How much time do you have?..
- .E aka taime toou?
- Two minutes...
- E rua meneti…
- minutes...
- meneti…
- minutes...
- meneti…
- Say...Three minutes…
- Toru meneti.
- Nine minutes…
- Iva meneti.
- Try to say... Only one minute…
- E tai ua meneti.
- Only one minute?...
- E tai ua rai meneti?
- No, I have eight minutes…
- Kare , e varu oku meneti.
- But I want to eat something…
- Inara ka inangaro au i te kai i tetai apinga.
- I'm going to eat over there…
- Ka aere au ki ko kaikai.
- And me?...
- E au?
- Yes you're going to eat…
- Ae, ka aere koe kaikai.
- In eight minutes?..
- .I roto i te varu meneti?
- And, do you know?…
- E, kua kite katoa koe?
- You are going to pay…
- Naau e tutaki.
- Yes, I know…
- Ae , kua kite au.
- Now you are at the restaurant. It's one o'clock in the afternoon, how's the waiter going to greet you?..
- Avatea manea kia koe…
- Your response?...
- E kia koe katoa.
- Do you want to eat or drink?..
- .Ka inangaro koe i te kaikai e te inu?...
- eat or drink…
- Kaikai me kare inu?
- Tell him you want to eat and drink…
- Ka inangaro au i te kaikai e te inu.
- But I don't know what…
- Inara kare au i kite eaa.
- I don't know what I want…
- Kare au e kite eaa taku ka inangaro.
- Do you want a tuna sandwich?...
- Ka inangaro varaoa tuna koe?
- How do you say...A tuna sandwich…
- E varaoa tuna.
- Do you want a tuna sandwich?...
- Ka inangaro varaoa tuna koe?
- How much does it cost?..
- .Eia te moni?
- How much does a tuna sandwich cost?..
- .Eia te moni i te varaoa tuna?
- Eight dollars Miss…
- E Varu tāra e maine.
- And I want a beer…
- E ka inangaro pia katoa au.
- It cost six dollars…
- E ono tāra i te moni.
- That's okay…
- Mako uara.
- But I haven't much time…
- Inara kare e maata ana toku taime.
- How much time do you have…
- Eia ō ou taime?
- Only five minutes…
- E rima rai meneti.
- I only have five minutes…
- E rima ua rai oku meneti…
- And i haven't much money…
- E, kare rai e maata ana taku moni.
- I only have nine dollars…
- E iva tāra ua rai taku….
- nine dollars…
- iva tāra.
- But do you have Australian dollars?…
- Inara e tāra Autireria ainei taau?
- Yes but not many…
- Ae, inara kare e maata ana..
- Not many Australian dollars…
- Kare e maata ana taku tāra Autireria.
- That's okay…
- Mako uara.
- You are going to pay…
- Naau e tutaki.
- One Australian dollar and seven local dollars…
- E tai tāra Autireria e ta tatou itu tāra.
- That's fine…
- Meitaki tena.
- But please sir?…
- Inara e papa me ka tika?
- Where's the bathroom?..
- Tiea ngai te are meangiti?
- The bathrooms over there..
- Tera i ko te are meangiti.
- Thanks a lot sir…
- Meitaki maata e papa.
- And the tuna sandwich?..
- E te varaoa tuna?
- Where's the tuna sandwich?..
- Tiea te varaoa tuna…
- Where is it?..
- Tiea?
- Here it is Miss…
- Teia e maine.
- I understand…
- Marama au.
- You are Australian…
- E tangata Autireria koe.
- And you have no time..
- E kare e maata ana toou taime.