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Lesson 8 of 10
Getting around in Maori
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Maori words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Maori phrases in this lesson
- Kei hea te wharepaku?kay HEH-a teh FAH-reh-pa-koo
- Where is the toilet?
- Me pēhea au e tae ai ki...?meh PAY-heh-a OH eh TIE eye kee
- How do I get to...?
- Ki te taha mauīkee teh TA-ha MOH-ee
- To the left
- Ki te taha mataukee teh TA-ha ma-TOH
- To the right
- Haere tōtikaHIGH-reh TOR-tee-ka
- Straight ahead
- Kei koneikay KOR-nay
- Here
- Teihana tereinaTAY-ha-na teh-RAY-na
- Train station
- PahiPA-hee
- Bus
- Taunga rererangiTOH-nga reh-reh-RANG-ee
- Airport
- Kia kotahi te tīkiti, koakee-a KOR-ta-hee teh TEE-kee-tee, KOR-a
- One ticket, please
Literally the small house. Many public toilets are signed in both languages.
Literally "to the left side".
Haere is go and tōtika is straight. Haere mai means come here, or welcome.
Konei is here, near me. Ki konei is to here.
Both words come from English. Wellington and Auckland have commuter trains, and a few scenic lines cross the country.
From English bus. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch have bus networks paid with a tap card.
Literally "landing place of planes".
Tīkiti is ticket. The same pattern works for anything you want one of.