Te Reo in Aus

📣 🌿 WEDNESDAY REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Kia ora e te whānau!
We’re still keeping it neutral this week — focusing on taku and āku 💪🔥

👉 Taku = my one thing (singular)
👉 Āku = my many things (plural)

Let’s see how you go with these 👇

Translate the following:

1️⃣ “My cat.”
A) taku kurī 🌿
B) taku ngeru 🌿
C) āku ngeru 🌿

1️⃣ “My shoes.”
A) taku hū 🌿
B) āku hū 🌿
C) tōku hū 🌿

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📣 🌿 MONDAY REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Kia ora e te whānau!
We’re keeping it simple and neutral today with āku — one of our plural possessive words for “my things.” 💪🔥

👉 Taku = my one thing (singular)
👉 Āku = my many things (plural)

Both without macrons = neutral.

Translate the following:

1️⃣ “My friends.”
A) taku hoa 🌿
B) aku hoa 🌿
C) ōku hoa 🌿

2️⃣ “My book.”
A) taku pukapuka 🌿
B) aku pukapuka 🌿
C) tōku pukapuka 🌿

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💬 Heads up!
Keep an eye out for our upcoming Mini Online Course —
“Tāku or Tōku? Understanding Possessives and the A & O Categories” 🎥🌿
It’ll include a short video and downloadable worksheet to help you master these once and for all! 💪💚

🌿 Kia ora e te whānau!
We’re taking a little break from our Ka / Kei te / I tense challenges for now — you’ve all been smashing those! 💪🔥

Let’s see where we’re at with possessives — the words we use to show possession, like my, your, his/her. Let’s start with a neutral one today 👇

Translate this:
“My book, your pen

A) tāku pukapuka, taku pene 🌿
B) tana pukapuka taku pene 🌿
C) taku pukapuka, tō pene, 🌿

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Translate this sentence into English:
“I kai rātou i te wharekai inanahi.”

A) They eat in the dining hall today.
B) They are eating in the dining hall now.
C) They ate in the dining hall yesterday.

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“Kia ora e te whānau 🌿🔥 I’ve been a bit off the grid, but I’m back and ready to keep growing our reo together! The ❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓ returns this week — time to warm up those reo muscles again 💪🌿.”

❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

What does this sentence mean?
“I hīkoi mātou ki te moana inanahi.”

A) We walked to the beach yesterday.
B) We are walking to the beach today.
C) We will walk to the beach tomorrow.

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Translate this sentence into English:
“Kei te horoi au i ngā rīhi.”

A) I washed the dishes.
B) I am washing the dishes.
C) I will wash the dishes.

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Translate this into English:
“I noho te whānau ki te wharekai.”

A) The family sat in the dining hall.
B) The family is sitting in the dining hall.
C) The family will sit in the dining hall.

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Translate this sentence into English:
“I waiata rātou i te kura inanahi.”

A) They sang at school yesterday.
B) They are singing at school today.
C) They will sing at school tomorrow.

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Translate this sentence into English:
“Āpōpō ka horoi mātou i te whare.”

A) Tomorrow we washed the house.
B) Tomorrow we are washing the house.
C) Tomorrow we will wash the house.

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

What does this sentence mean?
“Kei te tunu kai te whaea i te kīhini.”

A) The mother cooked food in the kitchen.
B) The mother is cooking food in the kitchen.
C) The mother will cook food in the kitchen.

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❓🔥 REO CHALLENGE 🔥❓

Translate this sentence into English:
“I moe te pēpi i te ata.”

A) The baby slept in the morning.
B) The baby is sleeping in the morning.
C) The baby will sleep in the morning.

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