Speech balloons
Hand out copies of resource sheet 5.4 and get the students to fill in the speech balloons, focusing on how to express an ailment. For example, your students might write:
| Maori vocabulary | English translation |
|---|---|
| He aha te mate? | What’s the matter? |
| Kua mamae taku upoko. | My head is painful. |
| Kua marū taku kanohi. | My face is bruised. |
| Kua mamae taku puku. | My stomach is sore. |
| Kua mamae taku ringaringa. | My hand is sore. |
| Kua mamae taku niho. | My tooth is sore. |
| Aroha ana! | Oh dear! |