Tetahi - Expressing Reciprocity
from A Maori Podcast Hosted by Ihira
Kia ora ra e kui ma e koro ma! This week I touch on how to express Reciprocity. Here is what Ray Harlow has to say (A Maori Reference Grammar, pg 61) Me aroha tetahi ki tetahi - We should love one another Na, kati ta tatou whakahe tetahi i tetahi - Let us each stop passing judgement, therefore, on one another (Paipera, Romans 14:13) Me inoi ano koutou tetahi mo tetahi - You should pray for one another (Paipera, James 5:16) I also look into answering the question "Does how you sound when speaking Maori really matter?" My opinion is that I want the way I speak the reo to sound as close as possible to how our people spoke, prior to the domination of the English language. The main points of advice I offer are to: Check out and listen to the Radio Kahungunu Archives - This is by far my favourite resource. Listen to how our cousins from Te Moananui a Kiwa and how they sound when they speak their reo as most of the time that is their first language. In Maori, T has two sounds [tʰ] and [t], Focus on listening as much as possible kia ora ra,
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