Beginner's Maori (Beginner's (Foreign Language))

Perfect book to assist with a trip to New Zealand. This book keeps it simple to learn basic questions and responses.

This book was created some time ago. Some of the subject matter reflects this fact. It is a good brief intro to the language but has a major flaw. There are two sets of vowels, the short and the long vowel. It is very important to pronounce the vowel properly or the meaning of the word can be changed. This book represents all vowels as short vowels, thus the student incorrectly learns the word.

not very user friendly. i was hoping to open the book and be able to find every day phrases. instead it was broken down by grammatical points. i suppose it explains things well, but it takes a lot of time and focus - not for someone planning on visiting there soon and hoping to learn the basics.

A good beginner's guide for those wanting to study Maori systematically, not so good for tourists wanting some basic understanding of the language and some useful phrases. Also a tad old fashioned.

Covers all the basics and beyond. It's a thin book so it doesn't look like you're getting much at first, but there really is a lot in there. Definitely worth the money

I love the book, but boy oh boy it is hard to learn Maori...their pronunciation is so different to anything I have tried before.