Niuean Language. "How are you"



This week Room 1 have moved on from greeting each other to adding an extra sentence which was to ask "How are you" the reply was "I am well thank you"

Malolo nakai a koe?
Are you well?

Malolo a au fakaue.
I am well thank you. 

Room 1 struggled at first with pronouncing "A au" but with practice every student was able to complete the task. Tp help reinforce what the students had learnt they had to present their new found knowledge using a speech dialogue. 


A big thank you to Phoenix and Jai for modelling the correct dialogue. 


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