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Say it in Maori : Maori phrase book

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Maori is not an easy language to learn. It has a rich vocabulary and a complex, but by no means illogical grammatical structure.

    This booklet offers the means to understand something of the nature of the language, to be able to pronounce it in a reasonably accurate fashion, to know a very inadequate vocabulary and to learn a few phrases...--introduction

  • Place
  • Other Id

    EMI1968A (Library of Congress Call Number)

    43965 (Cat ID)

    89110 (DBTextworks system ID)

    37732 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Say it in Maori : Maori phrase book
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Seven Seas Publishing
  • Place
  • Date
    Circa 1968
  • Physical Description

    59 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm.

  • Language
    English
    Te Reo Māori
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Public Access Text

    Reprinted 1984. "Basic grammar, Maori-English, English-Maori word list, conversational phrases, proverbs, place names, Kiwi English, Seven Seas publication"--Cover.

  • Subject Notes
    The author, Allan Armstrong is a former chairman and club captain of the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club of Wellington and leader of the Army Maori Concert Party which appeared throughout South East Asia in 1959-61. He is also the author of several publications on the Maori -"Maori Action Songs" (with Reupena Ngata), "Maori Games and Haka", and "The Maori People".--t.p.verso
  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
  • Language Description
    English and Maori
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