Exercise One

Another use of mai and atu

Kī tonu te wharepuni i te tāngata, Pākehā mai, Māori mai
Another use of mai and atu

Kāore e kore kua kite koe i ēnei tūmomo kupu i ngā pukapuka o Te Kākano me Te Pihinga, engari anei tētehi āhuatanga anō me ngā kupu e rua.

E whai ake nei ētehi tauira hei titiro māu:

Ko tērā te āhua o te rangi ahakoa raumati atu, hōtoke atu.
That’s what the weather’s like whether it’s summer or winter.

Te tini o te tāngata i haere atu, tāne mai, wāhine mai.
A lot of people left, both men and women.

Tirohia te pukapuka Te Māhuri i te whārangi 97.

Whakatikaina ngā rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei, kia tika ai.

Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).

mai tokomaha, Kua tamariki tae mai. mai, te pākeke

atu, I mātou ngā whiwhi taonga, atu, paraikete maha te i atu kānara o rīhi

ki tino a He pai Hūrai mai, katoa mai, Ārapi Māori mai, tāngata ngā ia

hīkoi hōiho atu, tamariki Kua hunga ngā atu, kuia atu, katoa,

wharepuni tāngata, Pākehā Hāinamana Māori Kī mai, mai, mai tonu te te i

kaiwaiata tonoa ki whakaatu kairangahau mai, kaiako Ka mai, tāngata ngā mai tīkiti mai katoa te ngā

kōwhatu mauri ngā tō He mai, mai, rākau ana mai katoa mea

atu i ngā kararehe Kāore ārikarika poake pāmu atu, atu heihei te o