#88: Five golden rings

counting people and things

Counting 1-10 — Counting over ten — Numbering people — tokorua, tokotahi... Numbering things — e rua, e toru...

In te reo Māori, e hia asks “how many things?” and tokohia asks “how many people?”. When counting things, numbers 2–9 take the prefix e (e.g., E toru ngā pukapuka). When counting people, numbers 2–9 take toko (e.g., Tokotoru ngā tāngata). These prefixes are not used with tekau (ten).

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Vocabulary

ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • ko wai • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • kōwhai • kua • mā • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? • rā • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino • tō • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero

Grammar

Counting 1-10 — Counting over ten — Numbering people — tokorua, tokotahi... Numbering things — e rua, e toru...

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