Learn Te Reo Māori | Mastering TONU for Ongoing Actions | Starting In Te Reo Māori

In this quick Te Reo Māori lesson, we dive into the use of the word "Tonu" to express continuation, similar to the English word "still." Learn how to incorporate "Tonu" into sentences to describe ongoing actions and locations. Whether someone is still running, still sleeping, or still at school, this lesson will help you use "Tonu" correctly and naturally. Subscribe for more Te Reo Māori lessons and improve your language skills with us!
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Tonu - still, continuing.
In this lesson we look at using tonu to:
a) imply that an action is continuing (she is STILL running)
b) imply that something is still at a location (she is STILL at work).
For an action we use the sentence structure:
Kei te + action + tonu + subject
Kei te + oma (run) + tonu (still) + is (she)
Kei te oma tonu ia - she is still running
For a location we use the sentence structure:
Kei + location + tonu + subject
Kei + te kura (school) + tonu (still) + a Kat
Kei te kura tonu a Kat - Kat is still at school
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[@andrew_veale]

Excellent video bro! I noticed ya missed the "tonu" on the "Kat is still at her work" sentence. Not sure if TH-cam allows ya to edit in a pop up text correction after uploading? Keep the videos coming bro!

[@grantwhitbourne]

Good pick up bro! That one will have to stay as is...kei te pai :)
I'll pin this comment so people can see.
Ngā mihi

[@nathanielbyrne1132]

Thanks

[@grantwhitbourne]

🙏

[@morehumorehu4861]

Kiaora koe e hoa G,
Your format and style makes it easy to follow and say to self,
'I get it', { a eureka thing }
at the mo ' tho bro, memorising's the tricky bit, my old head is full of cobwebs of out dated info,
I need to mind sweep,
I'm sure there's an old wise kupu for that.
I'll make one up 😵
Kei te horoi taku tarau ahau, engari te patero haunga nui tonu hoki. lol
I hope that makes sense.
I'll fill the void with your ``knew and fresh knowledge stones´´ ....
``Te mata tauhou he whatakura aiee´´
I'm open for critique~ism.
Pomariee kunaitiraa
e hoa G raua to whanau.

[@grantwhitbourne]

Thanks for dropping by e hoa :)

[@clintonkahi5405]

Awesome Grant

[@grantwhitbourne]

Kia ora Clint

[@a1ethioS]

Kia ora Grant. Just discovered your videos. They're exactly the supplement I was after to complement the word memorization games I'm doing using the free site memrise. Thank you. Question: In your second to last example "Kei hea a Kat?", "Kei tona mahi a Kat". Shouldn't the 'still' reply be "Kei tona mahi tonu a Kat"?

[@grantwhitbourne]

Yes good pick up e hoa!

[@valeriewest8450]

Shouldn't it be ... Kei te mahi tonu a Kat

[@thirtycats]

Kei te ako tonu ahau. 🙂🙃

[@grantwhitbourne]

Rawe :D