2026 · open round · F · 15 points

Meowing in Māori

Aidan Wang · morphology · syntax · rosetta-stone translation

Māori is a language spoken by around 50,000 people in New Zealand. Below are some sentences in Māori and their English translations. It may be helpful to know that ng and wh are consonants, and that the mark ̄ denotes a long vowel.

Kāhore au i te kite i a koe.: I do not see you.
Kua kite koe i a ia.: You have seen her.
Kei te haere tāu ngeru ki ngā whare.: Your cat goes to the houses.
Kāhore ngā tāne kia haere ki tōu whare.: The men have not gone to your house.
Kei te kite tōku matua tāne i āu ngeru.: My father sees your cats.
Kua kite au i tētahi whare.: I have seen a house.
Kei te haere āku ngeru ki tāna tāne.: My cats go to her husband.
Kāhore koe kia kōrero ki ahau.: You have not spoken to me.
Kāhore tāku tāne i te haere ki te wahine.: My husband does not go to the woman.
Kua kite te ngeru i ōna whare.: The cat has seen her houses.
Kāhore tāku tamawahine kia kōrero ki āku tamatāne.: My daughter has not spoken to my sons.

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Translate into English.

Kei te kite au i ētahi wahine.

Kua haere ia ki te whare.

Kāhore āna ngeru kia kite i ōku whare.

Kei te kōrero tōu matua wahine ki a ia.

Translate into Māori.

I have not seen your houses.

Some men have seen me.

Her parents go to my house.

Your wife has spoken to you.

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