Māori Grammar

E hia ngā rākau whero?
How many red sticks are there?

Ka hia kiromita ki Mōhaka?
How many kilometers to Mōhaka?

Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.

Tokoiwa pea.
About nine (people).

E hia ngā pune me ngā pāoka?
How many spoons and forks are there?

Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.

Kotahi tonu.
Just the one.

Tokohia pea ā mātou ākonga.
We have about nine students.

E ono ngā pune, e rima ngā pāoka.
Six spoons and five forks.

Tokohia ā koutou ākonga?
How many students do you have?

Tokohia ngā tāmgata?
How many people are there?

E hia rānei ērā kāinga tawhito?
How many of those old settlements would there be?

Tokohia ō rātou kaikōrero i tēnei rā?
How many speakers have they got today?