At 20 new words a day, you can learn this Anki deck of common Te Reo words inside two months.

Although if your experience is anything like mine, at the end of the two months you’ll:

Know 200 without thinking.
Be confident with another 200.
Be able to recall another 200, given a little thinking time.
Be hit-and-miss with another 200.
Struggle completely with the last 200.

While I’ve only recently moved into more language/grammar/phrase learning now, I think shifting at the ten-month mark would also have helped with my vocabulary. Using words in some king of context is better than flashcards!

The Reo Project | Day 93

Welcome to my little corner of the internet.

I believe that place matters.

Our connection to whatever little corner of the planet we find ourselves in, or choose to place ourselves on, matters.

I'm relentlessly curious and continually learning.

My interests are scattered across topics including property, strategy, acoustics, psychology, theology, systems theory, quantum physics and leadership. I read, listen, watch, and learn about whatever grabs my attention in the moment.

This is a learning experiment.

I come here to try to make sense of something I’ve come across, by writing about it.

I’m immersing myself in a new language.

I’m learning to speak Te Reo Māori, the language of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand and one of our official languages. After spending 2020 studying, I’m figuring out how to keep the journey going outside the classroom.

You’re welcome to follow along.