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Ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) — tuatahi, tuarua...
In te reo Māori, cardinal numbers count quantity (tahi–tekau). When counting things, numbers 2–9 take e (e.g., E whā ngā waea). When counting people, they take toko (e.g., Tokoono ngā kaikōrero). Ordinal numbers such as first, second, and third are formed with the prefix tua- (e.g., tuatahi, tuarua, tuatoru).

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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 •  • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? •  • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino •  • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero
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