LI: To complete the slide show and learn new vocabulary.
The above presentation showcases the answers for the questions assigned on our seventeenth Kick Start Summer Learning Journey Task. I started by watching the introduction video which was very helpful as I came to know what to do for this task. Then, I learnt the meaning and pronunciation of each new vocabulary I am learning. For this activity I challenged myself by rearranging and making sentences. After completing the questionnaire I came to know that Huarere means weather, paki means sunny, pūāhuru means hot, kāpuapua means cloudy, hāuaua means rainy and tohu huarere means weather forecast. I found this activity really interesting as we used our smart searching skills to learn the meaning and increase our vocabulary in Te Reo Maori. I really liked completing this task and I am looking forward to complete the other part of this activity as well.
Mōrena Sakshi
ReplyDeleteBen here again.
Great work with this activity, you’ve answered everything correctly. I’m loving these te reo Māori activities, they’re really helpful for me also!
He rangi paki i tēnei rā. It’s a nice day where I am, how about you?
Meri Kirihimete, Merry Christmas,
Benjamin
Mōrena Benjamin,
DeleteThank you for taking time and commenting on my Summer Learning Journey blog post again! I am glad you liked my work and thank you for the positive feedback as well. I love these Te Reo Maori activities too! They are so knowledgeable as I learn something new every time. This time I learnt more about the weather and how to form sentences as well. Do you know some other weathers or seasons in maori?
Mo te ra pai i konei! He kapua te rangi i tenei ra.
It's a good day here as well! The sky is cloudy today.
Thank you!
-Sakshi
Hey Sakshi
DeleteThe only type of weather I can think of off the top of my head is pūkohukohu which is foggy. I know that because my home town Reporoa is a very foggy place so I learnt that word to be able to describe my home.
Cheers,
Benjamin
Hi Benjamin,
DeleteThank you for taking time and commenting on my blog as well as for answering my question. Thank you for sharing the information, I didn't know that foggy weather is called pūkohukohu. I am not sure for any weather but I surely know a season, "puna" which is the Maori word for Spring. I know it because this it is my favorite as new flowers bloom and gardens are filled with butterflies. Do you know the difference between weather and seasons? Do you know any seasons in Maori?
Thank you!
I am looking forward for your reply.
-Sakshi
Hey Sakshi,
DeleteThanks for writing back. I know the word puna also, it's one of the words in my flash cards that I use. I always understood it is a spring of water rather than the spring season but perhaps it is used for both?
I think I do but it's hard to put into words. Weather is our day to day experience of climactic events where as the seasons are longer periods of a yearly cycle of climactic change. Does that sound right to you?
And no I don't know any seasons in Māori off the top of my head, I better learn some!
All the best,
Benjamin
Hi Benjamin,
DeleteThank you for taking the time to reply to my comment and for answering my questions. Now I know the difference between weather and seasons. It was a very simple yet useful explanation that I can remember always. I have researched about four divisions of seasons in To zReo Maori which are Takurua, Koanga Manuru (spring), Hotoke (winter), Raumati (summer), and Ngaruhu that is (autumn). I hope that is a piece of good information for you as well. It was really nice talking to you throughout the comment thread and I liked that I came to know about the topic in detail as well as improved my Maori Vocabulary Skills side by side. I am looking forward to talking to you again on other of my summer learning journey blog posts.
Regards
Sakshi