Title: First Lessons in Maori

Author: W. L. Williams

Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1930, Auckland

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

This text is the subject of: Victoria University of Wellington Library Catalogue

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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XXI.
§ 81.

1. I rere atu te kaipuke o Tupaea i konei, kihai i hoki mai. 2 E hoki ana ahau aianei ki Tokomaru, me haere ake koe ki reira apopo. 3. I te ngahorotanga iho o nga page 69 hua o te rakau ka titiro ake raua, ka kite i te kukupa e noho iho ana. 4. Hei kona korua noho mai ai; kia tae mai a Kae me haere tahi mai koutou; hei konei ahau tatari atu ai ki a koutou. 5. Ko te mea tenei i haere mai ai ahau, he korero ki a Paerau kia kaua ia e haere ake apopo. 6. Me i haere ake koe inanahi ki te tiki i nga pukapuka, kua whai pukapuka katoa nga tamariki inaianei.

1. Tama said to Ngatoro, “Come on board my canoe.” 2. It was Tuau and I who told Turi of Manaia's arrival. 3. Who is that who is shouting to us from the top of the house? 4. Kuiwai was looking up at the man who was sitting on the hill. 5. I am going to Oringi to-day, and I wish you to write me a letter next week. 6. Did you meet Rua going to Maketu on Wednesday? 7. Paerau was looking from above at the children playing on the beach. 8. Who called Putu that he came to-day?