Māori Grammar

Tuatahi me mihi ki te hunga mate. Tuarua me mihi ki te hunga ora.
Firstly you should acknowledge the dead (group of dead people). Secondly you should acknowledge the living (group of living people)

I tākaro mātou i te kōti tuarua.
We played on the second court.

Kei te papa tākaro tuatahi taku kēmu.
My game is on the first field.

Ko James te tamaiti tuarua o te whānau
James is the second child in the family.

Tuatoru.
Third.

Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.

A te wiki tuatahi o Tīhema, mutu ai te kura.
School will finish in the first week of December.

Tuawhā.
Fourth.

Ko koe te tuatahi ki te kōrero i roto i tēnei karaihe.
You are the first to speak in this class.

He aha tōu ā te wāhanga tuarua?
What do you have period two?

Tuatahi, whakakāngia te umu.
First, turn on the oven.

Huri ki te whārangi tuatoru.
Turn to page three.

Te rārangi tuarua.
The second line.

He pai ake te wāhanga tuatahi o te pukapuka nei i te wāhanga tuarua.
The first chapter is better than the second chapter of this book.

Ko te tuatahi hei te Rāhoroi.
The first will be on Sunday.

Tuatahi, horoia oū ringaringa.
First, wash your hands.

Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.

A te wiki tuatahi o Tīhema mutu ai te kura.
School will finish in the first week of December.

Ko te rā tuatahi o te hararei āpōpō.
It's the first day of the holiday tomorrow.

Tuatahi, horoia ngā kākahu, tuarua whakamarokehia ngā perēti.
First wash the clothes, second dry the plates.

Kātahi anō au ka tae mai ki runga i tēnei marae.
This is my first time on this marae.

Tuatahi.
First.

Tuarua, whakamarokehia ngā perēti.
Secondly, dry the plates.

Pānuihia mai te whārangi tuarua.
Read me the second page.

Ka tīmata taku tama i te kura ā te wāhanga tuarua o te tau.
My son will start school in the second part of the year.