tahi
one
tah-hee
Kotahi te pukapuka.
There is one book.
37 words and phrases for focused te reo Māori practice.
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one
tah-hee
Kotahi te pukapuka.
There is one book.
two
roo-ah
E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
three
toh-roo
E toru ngā tamariki.
There are three children.
four
faa
E whā ngā pene.
There are four pens.
five
ree-mah
E rima ngā āporo.
There are five apples.
six
oh-noh
E ono ngā tūru.
There are six chairs.
seven
fee-too
E whitu ngā rā.
There are seven days.
eight
wah-roo
E waru ngā ika.
There are eight fish.
nine
ee-wah
E iwa ngā pukapuka.
There are nine books.
ten
teh-kow
Tekau ngā tamariki i konei.
There are ten children here.
eleven
teh-kow maa tah-hee
Tekau mā tahi ngā pene.
There are eleven pens.
twelve
teh-kow maa roo-ah
Tekau mā rua ngā tūru.
There are twelve chairs.
thirteen
teh-kow maa toh-roo
Tekau mā toru ngā pene.
There are thirteen pens.
fourteen
teh-kow maa faa
Tekau mā whā ngā tūru.
There are fourteen chairs.
fifteen
teh-kow maa ree-mah
Tekau mā rima ngā pukapuka.
There are fifteen books.
sixteen
teh-kow maa oh-noh
Tekau mā ono ngā ākonga.
There are sixteen students.
seventeen
teh-kow maa fee-too
Tekau mā whitu ngā rā.
There are seventeen days.
eighteen
teh-kow maa wah-roo
Tekau mā waru ngā ika.
There are eighteen fish.
nineteen
teh-kow maa ee-wah
Tekau mā iwa ngā tamariki.
There are nineteen children.
twenty
roo-ah teh-kow
E rua tekau ngā āporo.
There are twenty apples.
thirty
toh-roo teh-kow
E toru tekau ngā pukapuka.
There are thirty books.
forty
faa teh-kow
E whā tekau ngā tūru.
There are forty chairs.
fifty
ree-mah teh-kow
E rima tekau ngā pene.
There are fifty pens.
hundred
row
Kotahi rau ngā tāngata.
There are one hundred people.
zero / none
koh-reh
He kore te tatau.
The score is zero.
sixty
oh-noh teh-kow
E ono tekau ngā meneti i te hāora.
There are sixty minutes in an hour.
seventy
fee-too teh-kow
E whitu tekau ngā tūru.
There are seventy chairs.
eighty
wah-roo teh-kow
E waru tekau ngā pukapuka.
There are eighty books.
ninety
ee-wah teh-kow
E iwa tekau ngā rā.
There are ninety days.
thousand
mah-noh
Kotahi mano ngā tāngata.
There are one thousand people.
first
too-ah-tah-hee
Ko ia te tangata tuatahi.
They are the first person.
second
too-ah-roo-ah
Ko tēnei te rā tuarua.
This is the second day.
third
too-ah-toh-roo
Ko ia te tamaiti tuatoru.
They are the third child.
how many?
eh hee-ah
E hia ngā pukapuka?
How many books are there?
how many people?
toh-koh-hee-ah
Tokohia ngā tāngata?
How many people are there?
number / year
tow
He aha tō nama tau?
What is your number?
one hundred
koh-tah-hee row
Kotahi rau ngā tamariki.
There are one hundred children.