Macrons For Te Reo In Allegheny
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We can: get Māori words right, ensuring we spell them correctly. use macrons or double vowels to lengthen vowels. use apostrophes with care when writing Māori words. avoid adding an 's' to Māori words to show plurals. consider whether a transliteration is the most culturally appropriate choice. respect dialectal differences.
To type a macron with the Māori keyboard, press the tilde key (~) then type a vowel. This works for both Windows and Mac computers. For Mac users, you can also hold down the Alt/Option key and type the vowel.
2. To add a macron to a vowel, on your keyboard, press the top left tilde key (it has these symbols ~ and `) followed by the vowel. 3. To add a macron to an uppercase vowel, press ~, then hold down the shift key and select your vowel.
The advice of Te Taura Whiri is to use macrons for all words except where the double vowels form part of a personal, family, hapū or iwi name and the 'owner' has a preference for that spelling. “Some older Māori are much more sparing in their use of macrons or do not use them at all.
Mana whenua Loosely translates as people of the land, local people, people born of the land, people living on their ancestors' land, Indigenous people. Māori are known as the tangata whenua in Aotearoa. We may use this term to refer to Māori in a general/ inclusive way.
The modern Māori alphabet has 15 letters. The five vowels have both short and long forms, with the long forms denoted by macrons marked above them. The Te Reo Māori alphabet is: A, E, H, I, K, M, N, O, P, R, T, U, W, NG, WH. There are 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U.
The word 'Māori' has a capital when it refers to the people and the language, used as a noun or an adjective, for example: the Māori language. te reo Māori. Māori politicians.
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The Ministry for Culture and Heritage website NZHistory lists it as one of 100 Māori words every New Zealander should know, and lists the following definition: "Hi!, G'day! (general informal greeting)". Kia ora can follow a similar pattern to address different specific numbers of people.
Greetings E noho rā Goodbye (from a person leaving) Haere rā Goodbye (from a person staying) Haere mai Welcome! Come! Hei konā rā Goodbye (less formal) Kia ora Hi! G'day! ( general informal greeting) Mōrena (Good) morning! Nau mai Welcome! Come! Tēnā koe formal greeting to one person.
