We were studying character descriptions in class. I selected a section of a piece that I had written about a māeroero and we then dissected the language features (āhuatanga reo) used in the text.

1. Whakaahua tangata: Māeroero
Anō nei te haunga! Ka rere mai tētahi haunga ki te patu, arā, ki te whakamate i a au. He
pēnei taua haunga: kua ranuranu te toto, ngā kai pīrau o te pūwairākau me ngā kākāhu kua
horoia i te mīhini horoi kākāhu kātahi ka waiho aua kākāhu ki roto i te mīhini, kia kotahi te
tau! Koia pea tētahi o ngā painga tō ngā māeroero – e kore e taea e rātou te kai i a koe, īna
ka oma kau atu koe ā tō rongona atu i a rātou.
Kupu mahi
kupu ingoa
hangū
kupu āhua
huinga kupu ingoa
huahuarite (whakatangata)
kianga / kiwaha
kupu honohono
hiku mahi
Anō nei te haunga! Ka rere mai tētahi haunga
ki te patu, arā, ki te whakamate i a au. He
pēnei taua haunga: kua ranuranu te toto, ngā
kai pīrau o te pūwairākau me ngā kākāhu kua
horoia i te mīhini horoi kākāhukātahi ka
waiho aua kākāhu ki roto i te mīhini, kia
kotahi te tau! Koia pea tētahi o ngā painga tō
ngā māeroero – e kore e taea e rātou te kai i a
koe, īna ka omakau atu koe ā tō rongona atu i
a rātou.