Ngā Hapa Reo: Common Māori Language Errors
Hona Black and Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell
Bilingual addition to Oratia’s te reo reference series explains and corrects common errors in Māori
Māori language teachers and consultants Hona Black and Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell hear a lot of common errors in te reo, not only in the courses they teach but also among fluent speakers.
That motivated the pair to write Ngā Hapa Reo, making readers aware of common Māori language errors and how to right them, so that the reo can flourish in the future.
From choosing between awhi and āwhina, to the importance of tohutō (macrons), to whether to address a friend as ‘Hēmi’ or ‘e Hēmi’ — the new book deals with word choice, grammar, interference from English and more. It profiles more than 150 common errors, with explanations about how to correct them.
Chapter openings are in Māori on left-hand pages and English on the right, while examples are profiled on one page, making this bilingual book accessible to readers of all levels of fluency.
Ngā Hapa Reo adds to Oratia's language reference series, which includes Hona's books He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes and Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour.
Published in time for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, this new work fills a gap in the market for language resources.
The authors
Hona Black (Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) lectures on teaching for Māori medium schools at Massey University, Palmerston North. This is his third book about te reo Māori. Hona lives in Porirua with his partner and their son.
Publication: 2 September 2024 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004259-1 | RRP $39.99
Paperback, 210 x 148 mm portrait, 196 pages, b&w
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