I managed to sustain a pace of 25 new words per day over the first three months fo learning Te Reo Māori.

But now I’ve broadened my learning from simple kupu to include more complex and context-specific kupu, as well as phrases, idioms and sentence structures with gradually increasing complexity.

So I’ve cut back my new word learning rate to 10 per day. And in reality, it’s only 5 new words per day because I learn them using the Māori prompt first, and then learn them using the English prompt the following day.

The key is steady, regular growth.

The Reo Project | Day 169

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.