Māori Grammar

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Five golden rings

counting people and things

See also:

• Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests.

Kotahi anake te pukapuka.
There is only one book.

Tenau mā rima ngā whare.
There are fifteen houses.

Kotahi rau ngā marae o tēnei rohe.
There are one hundred marae in this area.