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Ehara i te āporo - It’s not an apple
Achievement objective
3.1 Communicate, including comparing and contrasting, about habits and routines.
Learning intentions
Students can:
- negate objects and people
- use tēnei, tēnā and tērā to indicate distance from the speaker.
Modes
At the end of this lesson, students can:
Mātakitaki - Viewing: Identify and respond to some visual and verbal features of texts.
Kōrero - Speaking : Use generally appropriate pronunciation, stress, rhythm and intonation. Initiate and sustain short conversations.
Whakarongo - Listening: Get the gist of short oral texts that contain some unfamiliar language.
Materials
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Resource sheet 3I Ehara i te āporo (Word, 29 kB)
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Answer sheet 3I Ehara i te āporo (Word, 28 kB)
- Flashcards of fruit or vegetables (made by teachers or students)
- Flashcards of people (made by teachers or students) - or magazine pictures
Lesson sequence
Before this lesson, collect pictures of food for flashcards.
Ensure that each group of students has a set of 10 illustrations per food type (fruit, vegetables).
Introduce the word ‘ehara’ which is used to negate, for example: “That isn’t an apple.”
Display the flashcards and ask the students if the object actually is what you say it is. For example, hold up a picture of a banana and ask if it’s an apple:
“He āporo tēnei?” - “Is this an apple?”
“Ehara!” - “It isn’t!”
Repeat this using other objects.
When the students are confident using ‘ehara’, encourage them to add the noun to the answer, for example: Ehara i te āporo. It’s not an apple.
Have the students continue working with the flashcards until they are familiar with ‘ehara i te...’
Complete Resource sheet 3I. Check on Answer sheet 3I.
Illustrate how to negate when discussing people.
Ko Tere tērā? - Is that Tere?
Ehara tērā i a Tere! - That’s not Tere!
He pirihimana a Tui? - Is Tui a policeman?
Ehara a Tui i te pirihimana. - Tui isn't a policeman.
Using flashcards of people (or magazine pictures), get the sudents to ask and answer questions about people - to practise the negative 'ehara'.
| Suggested language focus | Suggested vocabulary | Notes |
| Indefinite article He | he āporo he panana |
Used to introduce nouns a banana |
| Negation ehara | Ehara i te āporo Ehara i a Winitana | i te - for objects It’s not an apple i a - for people It’s not Winston |
| Modifying particle kē | He ārani kē Ko Winitana kē! | It’s an orange (instead) It’s Winston (instead)! |
| Definitive pronoun
| tēnei, tēnā, tērā ēnei, ēnā, ērā For example, he āporo tēnei | tēnei - this (near speaker) tēnā – that (near person spoken to) tērā – that (away from speaker and person being spoken to) |
Tips
Māori would not use real kai for this activity as it is meant for eating.
Variations
The students could stand on opposite sides of the room and name objects or people correctly or incorrectly, responding with ‘ehara’.
Further learning
Introduce ‘kē’, ‘tēnei’, ‘tēnā’ and ‘tērā’. For example:
He āporo tēnei? - Is this an apple?
Ehara tēnā i te āporo - That’s not an apple.
He aha kē tēnei? - Then what is this?
He ārani kē tēnā - That’s an orange.
Note that the orange is located near the first speaker.