1. Saying what things/people are and are not Saying what things/people look like and do not look like

2.  He is the basic sentence starter for a description sentence. It is used when saying what something is or describing a quality of something or someone. – e.g. A big house.

3.  He + describing word + te/nga/toku/tona…+ thing/person.  Examples: He nui te whare – The house is big He papura nga putiputi – The flowers are purple He poto toku whaea – My mum is short  QUESTION = He pehea te/nga/toku/tona….+ thing/person – What is the/my/your….like?

4.  He + thing/person + description  Examples: He whare nui – Some/A big house/s He wahine momona – Some/ A fat woman/women He tamariki iti – Some/A small child/children  IN THIS STRUCTURE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT TO KNOW IF IT IS ONE OR MORE THAN ONE THING/PERSON BEING SPOKEN ABOUT

5. 1. The dog is small He iti/nangariki te kuri 2. My sister is beautiful (use tuahine) He ataahua toku tuahine 3. The birds are slow He poturi/poroire nga manu 4. A green house He whare kakariki 5. Some ugly ducks He rakiraki weriweri

6.  Questions:  He aha tenei/tena/tera?  Ko te aha tenei/tena/tera?  Answer:  He + thing + tenei/tena/tera  Ko te + thing + tenei/tena/tera

7.  Tenei = this (by me the speaker)  Tena = that (by you the listener)  Tera = that (over there away from both listener and speaker)  These words can be split up and sandwiched around the object:  te pukapuka nei = tenei pukapuka (this book by me)  te wahine na = tena wahine (that woman by you)  Te rapeti ra = tera rapeti (that rabbit over there)

8.  enei = these(by me the speaker)  ena = those(by you the listener)  era = those(over there away from both listener and speaker)  These words can be split up and sandwiched around the object:  nga pukapuka nei = enei pukapuka ( these books by me)  nga wahine na = ena wahine (those women by you)  nga rapeti ra = era rapeti (those rabbits over there)