Aki

Played this for a few years now recently downloaded again, I click my answers and it doesn’t work? I keep losing, is this a glitch or something?

wont let me move up a level

Wanted to try the app out but it did not have an iPad version, so only supported portrait view.

Been looking for apps for te reo and have struggled to find anything I’d use. There are apps for kids which are either too advanced or they use vocab aimed purely at children. I like the first two levels of Aki. I managed to pick things up and just kept playing until the words got more reflexive. Thanks. I’m really struggling with the verbs. I dunno if that’s because I must’ve heard some of the nouns before somewhere whereas I haven’t heard nor understood verbs before ... or if it’s just too hard, and the verbs are too long? Either way, it would help if that section could be broken into two shorter sections. Personally, I’d like to do one section entirely using whaka- verbs. A note to someone who said cinnamon and salt-shaker aren’t words they’d use much: actually I found each word to be very common for a kiwi kid. Cinnamon often goes on a pineapple fritter or a hot milky drink (cappuccino, hot chocolate, etc) - so you’ll want to know the word to say if you want it or not - and salt goes on most things - when you set the table you’ll be expected to know it and when someone asks you to pass the salt they’ll expect you to know - salt-shaker. I hope they’ll keep expanding this app and/or others like it so we can all learn te reo, wherever we are.

This is a fun and engaging way of learning vocab for Te Reo Māori and there aren’t many similar apps out there. Loved every detail - animation, voice-overs, sound fx etc. only thing that could be improved is perhaps word choice, I found it an odd prioritisation (esp for the verbs). the game is very addictive so I sadly finished it within two days. Please add more levels and vocab!

This is a great start. Some feedback. The waka rowing is too long. After the word is selected there is a long pause (>3seconds) for every word. This breaks the flow and momentum of the game. To progress a level the user needs to respond in about 1 second. Which means 3/4s of the time in game is spent waiting for the waka rowers! It’s too long. This must be changed! And must be easy to change. The graphics in general are great. Especially the Taniwha With the notable exception of the waka rowers. What is with the black arms and white bodies. And weird body shape. Should be easy to tweak. There are too few words so that the user quickly becomes bored with the same words. More words and fewer transliteration words. Agree with what others have said - Cinnamon really?? is cinnamon in the first ten words a new learner needs to know?! Tapping the clouds rather than dragging them would speed up the game. And make it more intuitive and easier to play. Testing word recognition not dexterity

While I agree the app is extremely well put together and easy to use, I am bemused at the choice of vocab words, and how limited the selection ultimately is. I can't imagine a situation where the Maori word for cinnamon or salt shaker would be useful to know. And it can't possibly be that difficult to add further vocab sets to play through.

This is one of those apps that you really don't come across often. Combines both visual and audio simulation in learning. I really could not believe how fast I learn these vocabulary via trial and error. Fantastic graphics, Easy to use. Have to come back to give a review when I am done with a level. :-)

This is a fantastic app that draws you into the Māori language in a fun and entertaining way. Challenge yourself and your friends to defeat the taniwha, moving up the leaderboard and moving up Aotearoa