Combine our understanding and pronunciation to recite karakia.
Repetition and pattern give language a poetic and musical quality. Karakia harness this beautifully.
Some of these stock or repeated phrases are useful for building fluency.
Some powerful phrases or refrains are often repeated or used in multiple karakia.
'Āke, ake, ake'
(Forevermore, on and on)
'Tīhei mauri ora!'
(Breath of life)
'Kia tina! TINA! Hui e! TĀIKI E!
Haumi e, Hui e, Tāiki e'
(We are gathered and united, a shared responsibility)
Karakia Huataki:
'Takina mai te uru, kia uru
Ka purahuia ki ngā arahoe
He wairua te arahoe
Ko te reo te arahoe
Hei tuakana māku, hō
Taiparatia
Tuturu whakamaua kia tina
Tina
Haumi e, Hui e,
Tāiki e'
Whakamāramatanga/Explanation:
'Challenge thy inner being, to enter
To allow the dispersal of ancient seeds of knowledge
Allow the wairua to flow
The Reo is the pinnacle of learning
It is my guidance, natural to my being
Holdfast to my intention to learn
I accept
I am ready
This responsibility
Is shared'
This karakia has been gifted to Kōrero.Online as our beginning karakia or karakia huataki.
Practice saying this karakia and noting where the breaks are in the words and lines.
Be mindful of each phrase and what it denotes. You want to know what you are saying!
Karakia Huataki:
'Takina mai te uru, kia uru
Ka purahuia ki ngā arahoe
He wairua te arahoe
Ko te reo te arahoe
Hei tuakana māku, hō
Taiparatia
Tu-tu-ru whaka-maua kia tina
Tina
Haumi e, Hui e,
Tāiki e'
Here are some pātai (questions) to support your whaiwhakaaro (reflection).
| How do I say/pronounce ____ in Māori? | He aha te kupu Māori _____? |
| What does ______ mean? | He aha te kupu ____? |
| Can you repeat that? |
Kōrero mai anō? |
| Is my pronunciation right? | Kei te tika taku whakahua i te kupu ___? |
| Why? | He aha i pērā ai? |
| What made it so? | Nā te aha i pērā / pēnā ai? |
| What is your thinking? | He aha tō whakaaro? |
| What is your knowledge? | He aha tō mōhio? |