Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tokoiwa pea.
About nine (people).

Kotahi tonu.
Just the one.

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

Tokohia ngā tāmgata?
How many people are there?

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

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