Māori Grammar

Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.

Tokorua ngā hoa.
There are two friends.

Tokorima ngā tāngata.
There are five people.

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.

Tokowhitu ngā kaiako.
There are seven teachers.

Tokorua ngā tamariki.
There are two children.

Kotahi te kuia, tokotoru ngā tamariki.
One grandmother, three children.

Kāore aku tamariki, engari he tokomaha āku irāmutu, tekau mā rima rātou.
I don't have any kids, but I have many nieces and nephews, there are fifteen of them.

Nō te tataunga o Taranga i ana tamariki, tokorima kē rātou.
When Taranga counted her children, there were five instead.

Tokoiti ngā manuhiri.
There are a few guests.

Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.

Tokoono ngā tauira.
There are six students.

Ā, tekau mātou, tokowaru ngā tamariki.
Ah, there are ten of us, eight kids.

Kei raro nei he kōrero mō ētahi tamariki tokotoru.
The following is a simple story about three children.

Tokowaru ngā pirihimana.
There are eight police officers.

E āhei ana au ki te kawe i ētehi tamariki tokorima i tōku waka.
I can transport five kids on my car.

Tokorua aku tēina, tokotoru aku tuahine.
I've got two younger brothers (and) I have three sisters.