#90240 - 06/16/11 10:33 AM
learning Tahitian
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holte
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Loc: Duluth, Minnesota
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My hubby and I were going to learn one new word a week. We have the big dictionary. So far it's working like every year. NOT!
Would anyone be interested in having a word or phrase on here that we would all work on for one week and then move on to another one?
Pronunciation could be provided like it was for Silvanocat?
A few years ago I decided that I wanted to learn how to ask about buying bananas, but the dictionary had tons of options for bananas. Kind of like us and snow words.
I asked this year and I think the word is "maya".
I always think that if I say something in Tahitian they will answer me in Tahitian and then I will have no clue. But I bet that wouldn't happen once they heard me speak.
I know there are words on here, but for me, I work better if I think I am part of a group learning process. Crazy, I know
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#90242 - 06/16/11 10:58 AM
Re: learning Tahitian
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Old Wife
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I'm game! But I can't add much (I used to be able to say "How are you?" "Good, and you?" All I remember is maitai is good (maitai is pronounced like the English words "my tie").
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#90244 - 06/16/11 02:11 PM
Re: learning Tahitian
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holte
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I would love to know how to say , "How are you" and "Good, and you." !!!
I do know mai tai. So that's a start.
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#90247 - 06/16/11 04:06 PM
Re: learning Tahitian
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DenverJoe
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How are you? Maita'i oe? (my-tie oh-ay)
I am fine. Maita'i vau. (my-tie vah-oo)
Go to the Travel Info page of the Tahiti Explorer website. They have a whole list of words a phrases.
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#90256 - 06/16/11 07:08 PM
Re: learning Tahitian
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holte
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Thanks Joe. I know it's there. But I have some crazy mental block and feel that this approach is more like a class.
I have to practice this all week now. Maybe longer!
I think if you said that I would have a test and get a grade, I might be a better student. No self motivation apparently.
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#90258 - 06/16/11 07:16 PM
Re: learning Tahitian
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Old Wife
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That's interesting. The waitress at Pension Motu Iti always greeted us with "E aha te huru?" for "How are you?" to which we replied "maitai".
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#90259 - 06/16/11 08:30 PM
Re: learning Tahitian
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holte
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pronunciation please?
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#90261 - 06/16/11 11:33 PM
Re: learning Tahitian
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Poehere
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@ Holte: how are you; Eaha to oe huru (for short "eaha te huru)... eeaahaa (eiahaa) tow ooway hooroo (oo like you'd say hood) -oe = you-
answer: I am good/ ok; Maita'i roa vau, mauruuru e 'oe?
my tie iii roowah vow, mauruuru a (like letter "a") ooway (I am very well thank you, and you?)
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#90268 - 06/17/11 05:43 AM
Re: learning Tahitian
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holte
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thanks Poe. Practice practice practice. Mauruuru roa
Is "oe" the word for "you"?
Edited by holte (06/17/11 05:45 AM)
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#90270 - 06/17/11 06:19 AM
Re: learning Tahitian
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Old Wife
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e ' oe! Thanks, Poehere, That's the part I couldn't remember (I knew it was vowels, but all I could think of was "e a" and I knew it wasn't that!).
holte, do you speak French at all? The Tahitian vowels are the same as you'd pronounce them in a French word. So a is aw (what the doctor has you say when he/she checks your throat), e is ay, i is ee, o is oh (the long o) and u is oo. Other than slurring syllables together (when there are a bunch of vowels in a row), it's easy to sound out the words by how they're written. Some of those vowels probably morph a little bit if they're hard to string together, but I bet anyone there would understand you if you pronounced the words that way. And the apostrophe in a word breaks it up (like Mo'orea has a break between the two oh sounds...but a lot of people just slur it together to sound like Mohrayaw).
I giggle listening to travel shows on Tahiti where they pronounce the capital city as Pa-Pete.
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