I received an email today from a mate also on a Te Reo journey of their own.
They’re pretty epic at learning stuff. They draw knowledge maps, write A3 cheat sheets and continue to slog away even when, and especially when, it gets tough and boring.
They’re written about 50 different sentence constructions all around ownership to help them understand personal possessive pronouns. All in English though.
I took the opportunity to piggy-back on their enthusiasm and had a crack at whakamāori.
I learnt a few new things, I confirmed a few things. I’ve probably also made plenty of errors.
I have to be specific about who I’m talking about when referring to multiple people. Rātou mātou tātou etc…
He pōtae tōu / He tōu pōtae are both okay, and mean different things. I think. The latter is “your hat” and the other is “you have a hat”. I think.
Ko and He. I hadn’t really grasped or used ko. I’d mostly used He, te/ngā and possessives. It turns out, all the times I wasn’t sure what to use, I probably should be using ko!
So. When there’s an opportunity to learn, have a crack!
The Reo Project | Day 154
p.s. My mates say don’t watch The Stranger.