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Te Reo Maori: The Basics Explained
The use of te reo Maori in daily New Zealand life is snowballing, as is demand for resources to make learning the language efficient and enjoyable. This book helps answer that demand. Here in simple terms is a thorough guide to the building blocks of grammar in te reo, showing how to create phrases, sentences and paragraphs.
After an introductory chapter on pronunciation and written forms of the language, 17 chapters introduce the main base words, particles and determiners that guide their use.
The book employs real-life examples to illustrate how Maori grammar works day to day. Te Reo Maori: The Basics Explained draws on David Karena-Holmes' decades of experience teaching and writing about Maori language.
Building on his previous works, this updated and expanded approach will be an essential companion for speakers at any level.
Description: The use of te reo Maori in daily New Zealand life is snowballing, as is demand for resources to make learning the language efficient and enjoyable. This book helps answer that demand. Here in simple terms is a thorough guide to the building blocks of grammar in te reo, showing how to create phrases, sentences and paragraphs. After an introductory chapter on pronunciation and written forms of the language, 17 chapters introduce the main base words, particles and determiners that guide their use. The book employs real-life examples to illustrate how Maori grammar works day to day.
Te Reo Maori: The Basics Explained draws on David Karena-Holmes' decades of experience teaching and writing about Maori language. Building on his previous works, this updated and expanded approach will be an essential companion for speakers at any level.
Contents:
Introduction
Part 1 The written form of the sounds of te reo Maori, 1 Pronunciation and the written form of te reo Maori, Part 2 Discovering the new grammar 2 Sentences, phrases, words, 3 Verb phrases and noun phrases, 4 Classification of words. Part 3 The new grammar Section A: Base words 5 Action verbs.6 Stative verbs 7 Some further verb constructions.. 8 Common nouns.9 Personal nouns and personal pronouns. 10 Location nouns
Section B: The particles and determiners 11 The particles: an overview, 12 Particles that precede the base words in a phrase, 13 Determiners, 14 Notes on the a and o categories of 'belonging to', 15 Particles that follow the base words in a phrase..
Section C: Further points and other constructions 16 Variations in sentence construction, 17 Negatives, 18 Asking questions.
Author Biography: David Karena-Holmes has been a tutor of Maori grammar at schools and institutions in New Zealand since the 1980s. This is his third book on the subject. He contributes a fortnightly column on te reo in the Nelson Mail., and his poetry and other writings have been widely published. David lives in Whakatu/Nelson.
After an introductory chapter on pronunciation and written forms of the language, 17 chapters introduce the main base words, particles and determiners that guide their use.
The book employs real-life examples to illustrate how Maori grammar works day to day. Te Reo Maori: The Basics Explained draws on David Karena-Holmes' decades of experience teaching and writing about Maori language.
Building on his previous works, this updated and expanded approach will be an essential companion for speakers at any level.
Description: The use of te reo Maori in daily New Zealand life is snowballing, as is demand for resources to make learning the language efficient and enjoyable. This book helps answer that demand. Here in simple terms is a thorough guide to the building blocks of grammar in te reo, showing how to create phrases, sentences and paragraphs. After an introductory chapter on pronunciation and written forms of the language, 17 chapters introduce the main base words, particles and determiners that guide their use. The book employs real-life examples to illustrate how Maori grammar works day to day.
Te Reo Maori: The Basics Explained draws on David Karena-Holmes' decades of experience teaching and writing about Maori language. Building on his previous works, this updated and expanded approach will be an essential companion for speakers at any level.
Contents:
Introduction
Part 1 The written form of the sounds of te reo Maori, 1 Pronunciation and the written form of te reo Maori, Part 2 Discovering the new grammar 2 Sentences, phrases, words, 3 Verb phrases and noun phrases, 4 Classification of words. Part 3 The new grammar Section A: Base words 5 Action verbs.6 Stative verbs 7 Some further verb constructions.. 8 Common nouns.9 Personal nouns and personal pronouns. 10 Location nouns
Section B: The particles and determiners 11 The particles: an overview, 12 Particles that precede the base words in a phrase, 13 Determiners, 14 Notes on the a and o categories of 'belonging to', 15 Particles that follow the base words in a phrase..
Section C: Further points and other constructions 16 Variations in sentence construction, 17 Negatives, 18 Asking questions.
Author Biography: David Karena-Holmes has been a tutor of Maori grammar at schools and institutions in New Zealand since the 1980s. This is his third book on the subject. He contributes a fortnightly column on te reo in the Nelson Mail., and his poetry and other writings have been widely published. David lives in Whakatu/Nelson.
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April 5, 2021
Very useful book for learners of the language, understanding some very basic concepts, and then very quickly some quite complicated ones. I didn’t finish it as it got well beyond my level of competence, but I will remember it and go back to it as I learn more.
November 11, 2020
A short (~160 pages), very engaging overview of te reo Māori grammar. I'm an extreme beginner in te reo, so I can't speak to how accurate or well-judged the book's advice is, but I found it extremely lucid and clarifying - by far the most helpful text I've looked at in trying to get a feel for the 'logic' of the language.
July 24, 2020
I didn't find this book very basic, despite the title, but it was extremely good. It details all the small, hence 'basic' words, that make up the most sentences in Maori. I will certainly be re-reading this as it explains these basics very well.
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