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DESCRIBING THINGS

DESCRIBING THINGS. Saying what things/people are and are not Saying what things/people look like and do not look like. BASIC DESRIPTION.

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DESCRIBING THINGS

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  1. DESCRIBING THINGS Saying what things/people are and are not Saying what things/people look like and do not look like

  2. BASIC DESRIPTION • He is the basic sentence starter for a description sentence. It is used when saying what something is or describing a quality of something or someone. – e.g. A big house.

  3. WAY ONE: being specific • He + describing word + te/nga/toku/tona…+ thing/person. • Examples: • He nui te whare – The house is big • He papura nga putiputi – The flowers are purple • He poto toku whaea – My mum is short • QUESTION = He pehea te/nga/toku/tona….+ thing/person – What is the/my/your….like?

  4. WAY TWO: being a bit more general • He + thing/person + description • Examples: • He wharenui – Some/A big house/s • He wahinemomona – Some/ A fat woman/women • He tamarikiiti – Some/A small child/children • IN THIS STRUCTURE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT TO KNOW IF IT IS ONE OR MORE THAN ONE THING/PERSON BEING SPOKEN ABOUT

  5. TRANSLATE • The dog is small He iti/nangariki te kuri • My sister is beautiful (use tuahine) He ataahua toku tuahine • The birds are slow He poturi/poroire nga manu • A green house He wharekakariki • Some ugly ducks He rakirakiweriweri

  6. ASKING WHAT SOMETHING IS • Questions: • He aha tenei/tena/tera? • Ko te aha tenei/tena/tera? • Answer: • He + thing + tenei/tena/tera • Ko te + thing + tenei/tena/tera

  7. TENEI/TENA/TERA • Tenei = this (by me the speaker) • Tena = that (by you the listener) • Tera = that (over there away from both listener and speaker) • These words can be split up and sandwiched around the object: • te pukapukanei = teneipukapuka(this book by me) • te wahinena = tenawahine(that woman by you) • Te rapetira = terarapeti(that rabbit over there)

  8. Enei/ena/era – when there is more than one thing – drop the ‘t’ • enei = these(by me the speaker) • ena = those(by you the listener) • era = those(over there away from both listener and speaker) • These words can be split up and sandwiched around the object: • nga pukapukanei = eneipukapuka(these books by me) • nga wahinena = enawahine(those women by you) • nga rapetira = era rapeti(those rabbits over there)

  9. NEGATING A “description” structure

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