Exercise Four
Talking about types of things
He tauhou katoa koutou ki tēnei tū mahi
Talking about types of things
Tū, momo, and tūmomo are words used to mean ‘type of’, ‘sort of’. They are followed by a noun or the things you are talking about.
Hei tauira:
He momo kurī tērā. That is a type of dog.
He tino koretake tērā momo tangata. That kind of person is quite useless.
He tauhou katoa rātou ki tēnei tū mahi. They were all unfamiliar with this sort of work.
He kino tēnā tūmomo pikitia mā te tamariki. That type of film is bad for children.
For further explanations and examples see Te Pihinga p. 7.
Kimihia te rerenga Pākehā tika e hāngai ana ki te rerenga Māori.Tōia ia rerenga reo Pākehā ki te rerenga reo Māori e tika ana.
Find the correct English sentence that matches up with the Māori sentence.
Kei wareware ki te whakamahi i ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā kopi me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.
Kātahi anō rāua ka haere i tēnei tū haere.
He aha tērā momo rākau?
He uaua rawa tēnei tūmomo mahi.
Ka rawe ngā momo hui pēnei i te rikēta.
He momo mahi tēnei mō te ngahuru.
He reka aua tūmomo ika.
Te pai hoki o tērā tūmomo kēmu!
Kitea ai ēnei momo kararehe i te raumati.
He momo haerenga tēnei mō te kōanga.
Kei a koe tētahi momo naihi pēnei?