Kohanga Reo 2

My oldest, Zoe, picked up Te Reo insanely fast while I picked up little bits here and there at a snail's pace.

 One day she was helping me practice:

Zoe: He aha tena? (What is that?)

Me:  He rakau ahau

Zoe laughs.

Me: What's so funny?

Zoe laughs again.

Me: I just said 'That is a tree'.

Zoe: No Mummy - you said "I am a tree"

Smart ass.

Then there was the time my friend (whose two Pakeha children go to kohanga with mine.) overheard Ted* and Gemma* playing: 

Ted: I'll be the Maori and you be the naughty Pakeha trying to steal my land..."