ITR-ERS MAORI LESSONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO BE MORE CULTURALLY AWARE AND NOT SO WRAPPED UP IN HOTDOGS AND NASCARS AND THEIR GODDAMN ELECTIONS WHICH NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS CUZ IT IS SO FREKIN COMPLICA

lesson 1. (one)

correct pronunciation of 'maori':

IT IS NOT MAY-OR-RY
IT IS MAO AS IN CHAIRMAN MAO RI

Only word i know of is pakeha.

and haka

lesson 2. (two)

COUNT TO TEN IN MAORI!
1tahi
2rua
3toru
4wha
5rima
6ono
7whetu
8waru
9iwa
10tekau

i'm not sure if that's actually right. i could google it but i can't be bothered

kuri=dog

how do you say "super bowl champions"

kia ora!=hi/howzit/wassup!

tombot i am stumped by that question

but let me find out

oh man I bet the car brand Kia will hook up some bad advertising with that.

xxp

nga tino rawe kumete whakaihuwaka= super bowl champions

i've seen a couple of maori movies but they're always in english. are there any worthwhile films in the language?

hmmm not that i can think of off the top of my head.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1520039682

(spot the conchord)

jerg this in Aus indigenous language. It's pretty sweet.

w4lter start your own native peoples thread stop stealing mine.

this is for MAORI PROPAGANDARING ONLY

SRY

i forgive you <3

arohanui to walter from ruby

i sent my mum pics of jordan so she'll recognise him when they meet in a couple of weeks, and she thinks he's MAORI

estela you have to explain stuff for the benefit of americans

I have a co-worker who is part may-ori. She's been in Australia a long time but she still has an intense accent.

aroha=love

arohanui means <3 xp

are you sure she's not just from the south island?

estela do you roll your r's like other south islanders?

I don't know where she's from.

nui = big

eg puku = stomach so calling someone pukunui = calling them fatty

no ruby, that r rolling is just a southland thing.

(xps all over town.)

my little bro has a southland accent and has never even been there.

"taringa"=ears

etu=stand up

enoho=sit down

kia kaha = stay strong

kae te pehea koe? (spelling might be wrong)= how are you?

katipai! (spelling probly wrong)= good!

somewhat boring Maori anecdote time:

I remember a couple of years ago i was out drinking in Surfers and my mate was being a drunken fuckwit and this Maori girl came up to me and said 'if you guys don't leave now my boyfriend's going to be angry'. and she pointed at this group of 5 or so hueg Maori dudes sitting at this table. And i said 'ok' and we left.

probably a wise decision. one of them might have been jake the muss.

lol jake the muss!
that cat was fast as lightning.

I really need to take a vacation down where you folks habitate

so weird

do you guys have burritos? how do you ask for a burrito in your language

their burritos are so wrong (love you guys, hate the burritos). the screw up the beans and then there's no point

Yeah burritos are not as big a deal as, say, 'babs down here tbh.

RR what is burrito/kebab ratio in NZ?

i think there is like one or two mexican food places in welly. but KEBABS ARE EVERYWHERE. jesus there's a kebab shop like every third shop.

i've never had a burrito. but then again i hate beans. also i think the last time i had a kebab was a few years ago.

I had 1 burrito about 2 years ago coz my Venezuelan friend wanted one.

i love beans.
you have to make your own mexican food here, no one knows how to do it properly, it is all terrible.

Yeah my housemate lives on that gear.

Also my other housemate (American) is always going on about how we pronounce it quesedilla. I tell her to not let it worry her.

i bet that the burritos there are better than the burritos i had in ireland

the irish ones should really be called bullshitarritos

of course then no one would buy them

or if they did, they would deserve what they got.

sorry, carry on

come to nz and have hangi food. it is delicious!

for americans: a hangi is basically when you heat a bunch of big stones, dig a big hole, put the stones in and then wrap up all your food in damp cloths and put it in baskets on the stones and then refill the whole with dirt and leave to steam for hours.

funny story: i have quite a few maori relatives, and when my mum married my stepdad they insisted on doing a hangi for the reception. my uncle, mr big-hangi-expert, was running the whole thing. anyway, we get back to my nana's place after the ceremony, the hangi gets dug out, my uncle just about bursting with pride... and then we discover none of the food is cooked, because the stones weren't hot enough and it wasn't left in long enough. so mum had to go home in her wedding dress, pick up her enormous microwave (this was around 1985) and cook the whole hangi in batches in it. and it was all caught on video.

lol, there are so many hangi disaster stories. my favourite hangi food is the potatoes, they are always so good.

yes, my favourite too! reheated the next day, fried with onions and gravy. hangi pork is pretty awesome when done right.

haere ra, i have to go to work.

e noho ra, estela!

i always imagined estela as being above the need to have a job

i always think that we here at the itr should just get paid for being awesome

except for HI DERE who is not to be trusted

agreed

wow, living in NZ is like being a full-time girl scout.

arohanui, everybody!

sexy grown-up girl scout with a cute accent

i want to be that. except for the part about camping with a bunch of 10 year old girls, which is the worst part of girl scouts.

i never did girl guides (which is like girl scouts). all the female socialising freaked me out. but i was marching girl!!

what is marching girl plz

i always thot maori was pronounced "maadi"

lxy, a marching girl (i was 8) dresses up in a little mini tartan skirt, a tunic top with braiding and shit, a special hat (mine was like a tall cylinder with a visor) and knee high white marching boots, and then we all march around in special formations to marching music and stuff. then we get strictly judged and graded and if we're good (we weren't, we were like the 2nd worst team in the country) we get medals.

i still have my medals.