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Beginner Maori

Beginner Maori starts at approximately the form 2 level.  I say this because that's when I started learning Maori. It starts off with very basic vocabulary and numbers with no sentencing structures until a bit further down. I was going to offer hyperlinks so you could just click and learn as you will but your stuck until I can learn how to do a link to a specific location in the current document.  So ill just set it out in paragraphs.

Maori
Alphabet:
Vowels:  A   E   I   O   U
Consonants:  H   K   M   N   P   R   T   W   NG   WH
 
Pronunciation: most of the consonants stay the same but the letters below sound different.
A-like the 'ar' sound in the word car.         E-like the 'e' sound in the word peck.         I-said like the English letter 'e'.     O-like the 'or' sound in the word port.         U-like the 'oo' sound in the word soon.         NG-like the 'ng' in bang.         WH-pronunciation varies, but mostly the same as 'f ' in fire.         R-the tip of your tong flaps on the top of your mouth.
H K M N P R T W NG WH
A HA KA MA NA PA RA TA WA NGA WHA
E HE KE ME NE PE RE TE WE NGE WHE
I HI KI MI NI PI RI TI WI NGI WHI
O HO KO MO NO PO RO TO WO NGO WHO
U HU KU MU NU PU RU TU WU NGU WHU
 
Numbers:
1-10:  tahi     rua     toru     wha     rima     ono     whitu     waru     iwa     tekau
11-16:  tekau ma tahi,   tekau ma rua,   tekau man toru,   tekau ma wha,   tekau ma rima,   tekau ma ono     and so on...
21-25:  rua tekau ma tahi,   rua tekau ma rua,   rua tekau ma toru,   rua tekau ma wha,   rua tekau ma rima    and so on...
31-35:  toru tekau ma tahi,  toru tekau ma rua,  toru tekau ma toru,  toru tekau ma wha,  toru tekau ma rima    and on...
96-99:  iwa tekau ma rima,  iwa tekau ma ono,  iwa tekau ma whitu,  iwa tekau ma waru,  iwa tekau ma iwa   and on...
100-800: kotahi rau,   e rua rau,   e toru rau,   e wha rau,   e rima rau,   e ono rau,   e whitu rau,   e waru rau    and on...
1000-5000:   kotahi mano,   e rua mano,   e toru mano,   e wha mano,   e rima mano,   e ono mano     and so on...
10000-14000:   tekau mano,  tekau ma tahi mano,  tekau ma rua mano,  tekau ma toru mano,  tekau ma wha mano.....
98000-1000000:   e iwa tekau ma waru mano,  e iwa tekau ma iwa mano,  kotahi mano mano...and if you can...so on...
This ends numbers. Dates will come later on. After doing all of this I decided on having hyper links.