Māori Grammar

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.

Tokorima ngā tāngata.
There are five people.

Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.

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.

Tokoiti ngā manuhiri.
There are a few guests.

Tokorua ngā tamariki.
There are two children.

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.

Tokowhitu ngā kaiako.
There are seven teachers.

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

Tokowaru ngā pirihimana.
There are eight police officers.

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.

Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.

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

Tokorua ngā hoa.
There are two friends.