Māori Grammar

Tokoono ngā tauira.
There are six students.

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

Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.

Tokowhitu ngā kaiako.
There are seven teachers.

Tokowaru ngā pirihimana.
There are eight police officers.

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

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

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

Tokorua ngā tamariki.
There are two 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.

Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.

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

Tokorua ngā hoa.
There are two friends.

Tokoiti ngā manuhiri.
There are a few guests.

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

Tokorima ngā tāngata.
There are five people.

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