Māori phrases

Some useful phrases and greetings Māori language.

Hello - Kia ora
Hello (to one person) - Tēnā koe
Hello (to two people) - Tēnā kōrua
Hello (to three or more people) - Tēnā koutou
Welcome - Haere mai
How are you? - Kei te pēhea koe?
I’m fine - Kei te pai
Goodbye (to someone leaving) - Haere rā
Goodbye (to someone staying) - E noho rā
See you again - Ka kite anō

On this website we host several Pacific Island/Polynesian language sections including Cook Islands Māori, learn Fijian language, learn Niuean language, learn Samoan language and learn Tongan language pages. For learning to say 'hello', goodbye' and 'thank you' in a range of foreign languages go to the phrases in many languages activities index.

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