Ngā Mihi
I te ao Māori, he mea nui te mihi i te tangata. Mā ngā kupu tonu ka tīkina atu me te āhua o te whakatakoto i te whakaaro e kitea ai te ngākau manaaki, e takoto ai te tūāpapa mō te whakawhiti whakaaro ki te tangata. Ahakoa tuhia, ahakoa kōrerotia te mihi, he mea nui te āta kōwhiri i te kupu.
Ko te huarahi ki te whakawhiti kōrero i runga i te wairua manaaki, kei te āta ako ki te mihi tika i te tangata.
He Mihi
Kia ora / Hi
Tēnā koe / Hello (to one person)
Tēnā kōrua / Hello (to two people)
Tēnā koutou / Hello (to three or more people)
He Pātai
Kei te pēhea koe? / How are you?
Ētahi Whakautu
Kei te pai ahau / I’m good
Ka nui te ora / I’m great
Me koe? / And you?
He Poroporoaki
Haere rā / Goodbye (to someone leaving)
E noho rā / Goodbye (to someone staying)
Ka kite anō / See you again
Hei konā / See you later
Nā, kua āhua mōhio nei koe ki te mihi i te tangata, whakamātauria ā mātou whakawhitinga kōrero.
Tirohia rānei ētahi kōrero mō te tikanga Māori pērā i te haere ki tētahi marae, ki tētahi wharenui rānei.