Sunday, October 05, 2008

Maori Unpacked, 46, Adjectives

46

So we have
naming words
doing words
and
describing words

He whare roa, a long house

roa is the describing word and it comes AFTER the noun, whare.

Look, we've unpacked an adjective!

Find the adjective in the following sentences;

He hoiho pai tena, That's a good horse.
He waka hou tenei, This is a new car

Write sentences on cards using the adjectives, roa, pai and hou

Make a Mobile with two examples of adjectives.

Set up an Adjective Box and put this alongside the Noun Box so that it follows on.

Sometimes the first part of the word is reproduced as in
He whare roa
A long house
He whare roroa
Long houses
This usually happens when the adjective follows a plural noun..

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