Thursday, December 17, 2020

SLJ: (W1/A5): Kick Start What are you doing today?

 LI: To practise our maori pronunciation by solving the questions.


The above presentation showcases my finished activities for my maori pronunciation. Today, as my fifth Summer Learning Task I practices some sentences which helped me improve my maori vocabulary. First, we started by watching the introduction video that helped us to understand what we were doing today. We then practised our pronunciation and followed the instructions to create a picture of some of these activities. Today I learnt rearranging, creating and understanding maori sentences by watching some video clips. I found this activity really interesting as we used our smart searching skills to understand the meaning of each word by discussing it with our friends or searching it on the internet. We also made sure that the sentences make sense and are correct. I am looking forward to complete my other Summer Learning Journey Tasks as well.
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  1. Benjamin from the SLJ TeamDecember 18, 2020 at 12:03 PM

    Kia ora Sakshi

    Ben here from the SLJ commenting team.

    You’ve nailed it with this activity, ka rawe!

    Kei te aha koe i tēnei mutunga wiki? Do you have any plans for the weekend?

    Keep up the good work.
    Benjamin

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    1. SakshiDecember 18, 2020 at 12:38 PM

      Kia ora Benjamin,

      Thank you for commenting on my blog and the positive feedback. I am glad, you liked my work. I think I would go to hike with my family these weekends. But, I would still take time and will be commenting on others blog and replying to mine so that I can earn bonus points. How do you think I can improve my maori pronunciation?

      Thank you!
      -Sakshi

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    2. Benjamin from the SLJ TeamDecember 18, 2020 at 4:16 PM

      Kia ora Sakshi

      You're a dedicated blogger, he toki koe!

      I think a good next step for you would be learning about the use of the tohutō or macron, the little line above some vowels. Do me a favour; go to google and research why some Māori words have the tohutō and find out what difference it makes when a letter has the tohutō over it. If you didn't know these things already, then it will make a big difference to your Māori pronunciation :) :).

      Kia pai tō mutunga wiki, have a good weekend!

      Ben

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    3. SakshiDecember 18, 2020 at 5:28 PM

      Kia ora Benjamin,

      Thank you for answering my question and the positive feedback. Thank you for the advise as well. I did a research and now I know what a macron or tohutō is. It is a symbol that tells the reader to emphasise on the sound and that it should be spoken as a long vowel. It is used on the top of some vowels depending on the word and it is not just used in maori but in other different languages as well. I really didn't know about this. Talking to you was so knowledgeable! Now I know what my mistakes were and now I know how to say them correctly. When and how did you learn Te Reo Maori?

      Thank you so much!
      -Sakshi

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    4. Benjamin from the SLJ TeamDecember 21, 2020 at 11:43 AM

      Mōrena Sakshi

      Ka rawe! I’m so proud of your efforts to research all of that, you’re exactly right with all of the information you found.

      A funny example that is often used is that a tohutō can be the difference between keke (cake) and kēkē (armpit) haha.


      I can not speak reo Māori fluently yet. I’ve been learning in night classes and in my own time for about two years.

      I saw you post on another person's blog, the question ‘ka aha koe i rangi whakataa e heke mai nei?’. This seems like a better way to ask about a person's weekend than the way I had asked. It seems you’re far more advanced than I am, mīharo!

      Cheers,
      Ben

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    5. SakshiDecember 21, 2020 at 10:42 PM

      Mōrena Benjamin,

      Thank you for answering my question and replying to my comment again. I agree, it would have been so funny if a person misses or adds a macron in the wrong words as it would completely change the meaning. That's great! I think you are really good in Te Reo Maori. Nobody else could point my mistake out. I cannot speak Te Reo Maori fluently as well because it has just been my first tear in this country and learning the language. Thank you so much for answering every question I asked and creating this comment thread. I hope we talk again through the comments!

      -Sakshi

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  2. FlorenceDecember 20, 2020 at 1:26 PM

    Hi Sakshi!
    I enjoyed reading your blog post about your Maori Pronounciation. I also did this activty, and got the same answers for this activity. What was the hardest part of this activty?
    - Florence

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    1. SakshiDecember 20, 2020 at 10:23 PM

      Hi Florence

      Thank you so much for taking time and commenting on my blog again. I am glad you liked my work and thank you so much for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it! I will surely visit your blog and see your post as well. In this activity we did three tasks: rearrange the sentences, choose the correct option and make a drawing. I didn't find anything challenging but I found rearranging the sentences a little hard which helped me to learn more about the topic by revising it again. Did you use the maori dictionary in this task? Was it helpful?

      Thank you! I am looking forward for your reply.
      -Sakshi

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