Māori Grammar

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

Tokohia ngā tāmgata?
How many people are there?

Tokoiwa pea.
About nine (people).

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

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

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

Kotahi tonu.
Just the one.

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

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

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

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

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

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