Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nōnā te ngahere, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga nōnā te ao. / The forest belongs to the bird who feasts on the Miro berry, the world belongs to the bird who feasts on education.
Tēnā koe, nau mai ki a Kohinga Kupu.
Kohinga Kupu is a tool to help with vocabulary acquisition in te reo Māori.
Kohinga Kupuuses the AI-powered Large Language Model Claude 3.5 Sonnet to generate a set of words related to a topic of your choice. It aims to create a "thematic vocabulary cluster"—words that are likely to come up in conversations about that topic. Language researchers suggest that using thematic word clusters in second language learning can improve vocabulary retention. Building a strong vocabulary is a key part of language learning, especially at the beginner level, as it supports the development of effective communication and comprehension skills.[1]
Kohinga Kupu relies on AI to determine kupu that are thematically associated with the searched domain, and to generate simple active sentences. Māori is a rich and multilayered language where words may have varied and metaphorical uses and meanings. AI may return false information so it is important that you double-check the responses. I have included links for each kupu to the two main online te reo Māori dictionaries to facilitate this, Te Aka, and Paekupu.
Kohinga Kupu collects no data from users. The results for your searches are cached by our server for one hour to help with efficiencies.
If you have any questions about Kohinga Kupu please feel free to email me at pakehaparalysis@gmail.com.
Ngā mihi, Brent Simpson
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[1] Syed Khuram Shahzad, Samina Sarwat, & Shamsa Kanwal. (2023). Use Of Semantic and Clustering Methods : for Teaching English Vocabulary At Elementary Level. International "Journal of Academic Research for Humanities", 3(4), 74–84. Retrieved from https://jar.bwo-researches.com/index.php/jarh/article/view/302
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