Māori Grammar

Tokowhitu ngā kaiako.
There are seven teachers.

Tokoiti ngā manuhiri.
There are a few guests.

Tokorua ngā hoa.
There are two friends.

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

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

Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.

Tokorua ngā tamariki.
There are two children.

Tokorima ngā tāngata.
There are five people.

Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve 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.

Tokowaru ngā pirihimana.
There are eight police officers.

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

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

Tokoono ngā tauira.
There are six students.

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

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

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