How To Become A Te Reo Speaker When You Are An Introvert
Kia ora mai ra ano e te iwi whanui!
Step 1: Find Your Why:
Going off my own experiences - if you are anything like me you will have the occasional boost of enthusiasm, and intense determination. This could last a couple days, or if you are fortunate, a few weeks. Afterwards, life kicks in again, and you’re out of gas.
With this in mind it is important to find something within you that could help carry you along until the next boost.
Action Step:
So grab a pen and paper, and write out why you want to become a Te Reo speaker.
Step 2: Find The Quick Win:
I consider myself to be a speaker of the reo, but I am SO FAR AWAY from my ideal, my vision, which is to think only in the reo. It would be silly of me to only consider myself a speaker of the reo once I attained that goal. Now, a speaker of the reo is… “Someone who speaks it”. It doesn’t matter how little you know now, your effort and the time you put in won’t let you down.
Action Step:
- Follow this link > Ngata Dictionary
- Type in a word in the “Ngata English to Māori” box then press search. For example, let’s use “hello”.
- Copy the sentence in te reo.
- Follow the link > Papa Reo API, paste the sentence then press korero.
- Mimic what you hear!
This is a great way to practice speaking the reo! You can have 100% confidence in these sentences provided to you from the Ngata Dictionary. The Papareo API is also a fantastic way to get instant feedback on pronunciation.
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