Are you okay? = Te mako nei koe? Other ways to say: Te mako uara koe?Informal: mako? = okay? good? Meet the boys from Kuki Learning, Charlie Charlie and Tom Harrison. Their mission? Keeping the Cook…
Would you like some medicine? = Ka inangaro koe i te vairakau?Medicine = vairakauClothes = kakauFruits = ua rakau Meet the boys from Kuki Learning, Charlie Charlie and Tom Harrison. Their mission?…
Would you like to drink water? = Ka inangaro koe i te inu vai?water = vaicoconut water = nualcohol = kava Meet the boys from Kuki Learning, Charlie Charlie and Tom Harrison. Their mission? Keeping the…
Meet the boys from Kuki Learning, Charlie Charlie and Tom Harrison. Their mission? Keeping the Cook Islands Māori language and culture alive (because if they don’t, who will…Google Translate?). Both…
Days of the week in Rarotonga. Some helpful English to Māori phrases are: 1) Yesterday was (insert day) = E (insert day) inanai. 2) Today is (insert day) = E (insert day) teia ra. 3) Tomorrow is…
In this lesson, we learn the numbers from 1-10 in the Cook Islands Māori language. This is the hardest part when learning to count however once you learn it now, counting higher than 10 becomes much…
In this lesson, we learn how to ask, "How old are you?" in the Cook Islands Māori language. This is "E'ia o'ou mata'iti?" or you could instead ask "Eaa to'ou mataiti?" however this translates more to…
In this lesson, we learn how to ask, "Are you hungry?" in the Cook Islands Māori language. The Rarotonga dialect is "E matepongi toou?" and the Aitutaki dialect is "E 'iakai toou?". Replies to this…
In this lesson, we learn how to say, "I'm from New Zealand" in the Cook Islands Māori language. This is: "No Aotearoa mai au" or "No Nu Tireni mai au". Connect with us;…
In this lesson, we learn how to say, "Yes/No" in the Cook Islands Māori language. yes = ae, pronounced: [ah-eh] no = kare, pronounced: [car-reh] In Aitutaki, no is 'kaore" [car-oh-reh] Connect with…