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Kei te pēhea koe? – How are you?

Kei te pēhea koe? – How are you?

Te reo Māori in English-medium schools

Achievement objective

1.7 Use and respond to simple classroom language.

Learning intention

Students can:

  • ask and answer one another about how they are feeling.

Modes

At the end of this lesson, students can:

Whakarongo - Listening: Recognise and understand simple, familiar spoken words, phrases, and sentences.

Kōrero - Speaking: Ask simple questions.

Materials

Resource sheet 1A Kei te pēhea koe

Te Reo Māori in English-medium schools

  • Resource-sheet-1A-Kei-te-pehea-koe.doc
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Lesson sequence

Before the lesson, print off copies of Resource sheet 1 and place them on the walls around the room.

Introduce the vocabulary to describe how someone is feeling (see Language to use below). Ask the students to move to the picture that best reflects how they are feeling. Ask the students individually in Māori how they are.

Kei te pēhea koe Joey? How are you Joey?
Kei te pai au. I am good.
Kei te koa au. I am happy.
Kei te hiamoe au. I am sleepy.

Language to use

Kei te pēhea koe? How are you?
Adjectives

 

hiamoe sleepy
hiakai hungry
pai good
pōuri sad
riri angry
koa happy
Nouns
hoa friend
whaea mother
tuahine sister (of a male)
tungāne brother (of female)
Pronouns
ia, koe, au he/she
Possessive
your (singular)

Tips

Identify the local dialect used for the question ‘how are you?’ Do local iwi ask ‘Kei te pēhea koe?’ or ‘E pēwhea ana koe?’ Te Whanake Online describes these two variations.

Variation

When out in the play ground, ask how the students are.

Greet and ask visitors how they are as they arrive at your room.

Note: Consider whether the visitor is confident in doing this.

Further learning

Extend the vocabulary by drawing and labelling other pictures. Ask the students how another person is.

Kei te pēhea tō whaea? How is your mum?
Kei te koa ia. She is happy.
Kei te pēhea tō hoa? How is your friend?
Kei te hiakai ia. S/he is hungry.
Kei te pēhea tō tungāne? How is your brother? (of a female)
Kei te pai ia. He is well.

Other resources

  • Ministry of Education. (2000). Waiata Kōhungahunga. [Audio Cassette: Side 1 Song 2]. Wellington: Learning Media.
  • For ways that you can ask ‘How are you?’ (followed by an interactive) see  Te Whanake Online.
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