Maori Tongue Twisters
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| Original: | Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu |
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| English: | The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as landeater played his nose flute, to his loved one. |
| Original: | He tohu tahi, he tohu rua, he tohu toru, he tohu wha |
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| English: | One sign, two signs, three signs, four signs |
| Original: | Tino pai te kai o te ruru, ko te pai o te ruru, tino pai te kai |
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| English: | The food of the ruru (native bird) is very good, but the good of the ruru is the best food |
| Original: | Ko te puia e pakari ana, he puia tino pakari |
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| English: | The geothermal hot spring that is strong, is a very strong hot spring |
| Original: | Te Tihi o Moana nui a Kiwa, te tihi o te whenua, te tihi o te ao |
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| English: | The top of the great ocean of Kiwa, the top of the land, the top of the world |
| Original: | Ko te raukura te waiata i runga i te marae |
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| English: | The raukura (feathered cloak) is the song on the marae (meeting ground) |
| Original: | Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, māna e kai te manu i te miro |
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| English: | The bird that eats the miro (native tree), can the bird eat the miro? |
| Original: | Parenga te tarakona, tarakona te parenga |
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| English: | The tarakona (insect) crawls, the crawler crawls the tarakona |
| Original: | Tamaiti mā te tamaiti e āhei, te tamaiti mā te tamaiti e āhei |
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| English: | A child can, a child can |
| Original: | Ko te tāwhaki e tāwhaki ana, he tāwhaki tino tāwhaki |
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| English: | The Tāwhaki who is climbing, is a very climbing Tāwhaki |