Tau 11 NCEA Revision #1

Tena Koe, Ko Hine Waimarino taku ingoa. Tekau ma ono aku tau.

• Hi, my name is Hine Waimarino. I am 16 years old.

• Hello, I am Hine, I live in Waimarino. 16 years I have lived here.

Ka haere au ki te kura kotiro tuarua o whenuaroa.

• I go to Whenuaroa primary school

• I go to Whenuaroa girls college.

Ko tenei taku tau tuawha i tenei kura.

• This is my 4th year at this school.

• I have been wanting to come here for 4 years.

He pai taku kura ki ahau, na te mea, he tino toa taku kura ki te eke ki nga taumata teitei o te hakinakina poitukohu, ara, te pahiketepaoro.

• I don't like my school, because, our school is not good at basketball.

• I like my school, because, our school is top at basketball.

I tenei tau, I wini taku tima i te whakataetae kura i to matou rohe.

• This year, My team won the school competition for our area.

• Last year, My team lost the school competition for our town.

E iwa noa, nga tima i tenei whakataetae.

• 9 groups of people in the team.

• 9 teams in this competition

I te tino harikoa matou, i te wa ka wini matou.

• We were sad, when we didn't win.

• We were really happy, that time we won.

I muri i tera

• before that

• after that

• whilst doing

Ka timata matou ki te whakarite mo te whakataetae pahiketepaoro a motu.

• We didn't practice at all for the basketball national competition.

• We started to practice/get ready for the basketball natiional competition.

• We knew we were good so we didn't need to practice for the bball competition.

I mohio matou ka uaua ake te whakataetae a motu.

• We thought we had the national competition in the bag.

• We thought it was going to be easy the national competition.

• We knew it was going to be hard the national competition.