Two free downloadable posters for your clinic, listing key words and terms used in clinic on an every day basis.

Remember that macrons count!  The little line you see above a word like tēpu (table), means the e in that word is sounded for a little longer.  It’s important as some words are spelt exactly the same but if you don’t use the long vowel sound when indicated by a macron, you could be saying a different word.  A good example is kēkē which means armpit, where as keke, means cake! You may also see double vowels, different iwi have different dialects, so if you see a double vowel in a word it is correct too, some examples are whānau or whaanau, Māori or Maaori, rōpū or roopu.

If you are unsure on how to pronounce a word, head on over to Te Aka Māori dictionary here, look up the word you are wanting to learn and next to it, you will see a little audio sign, click that, and you will hear a voice recording of the kupu (word).

I forgot two important words!  ae = yes and kao =no. 

Also the breath = hā – hā ki roto (breathe in), hā ki waho (breathe out).