Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kotahi tonu.
Just the one.

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

Tokoiwa pea.
About nine (people).

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

Tokohia ngā tāmgata?
How many people are there?

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