✦ TE REO MĀORI ✦

123 Numbers

37 words and phrases for focused te reo Māori practice.

Numbers vocabulary

Pick a word card below to practise the Māori word, meaning, pronunciation and example sentence.

Vocabulary

num • beginner

tahi

one

tah-hee

Kotahi te pukapuka.

There is one book.

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num • beginner

rua

two

roo-ah

E rua ngā kurī.

There are two dogs.

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num • beginner

toru

three

toh-roo

E toru ngā tamariki.

There are three children.

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num • beginner

whā

four

faa

E whā ngā pene.

There are four pens.

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num • beginner

rima

five

ree-mah

E rima ngā āporo.

There are five apples.

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num • beginner

ono

six

oh-noh

E ono ngā tūru.

There are six chairs.

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num • beginner

whitu

seven

fee-too

E whitu ngā rā.

There are seven days.

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num • beginner

waru

eight

wah-roo

E waru ngā ika.

There are eight fish.

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num • beginner

iwa

nine

ee-wah

E iwa ngā pukapuka.

There are nine books.

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num • beginner

tekau

ten

teh-kow

Tekau ngā tamariki i konei.

There are ten children here.

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num • beginner

tekau mā tahi

eleven

teh-kow maa tah-hee

Tekau mā tahi ngā pene.

There are eleven pens.

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num • beginner

tekau mā rua

twelve

teh-kow maa roo-ah

Tekau mā rua ngā tūru.

There are twelve chairs.

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num • beginner

tekau mā toru

thirteen

teh-kow maa toh-roo

Tekau mā toru ngā pene.

There are thirteen pens.

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num • beginner

tekau mā whā

fourteen

teh-kow maa faa

Tekau mā whā ngā tūru.

There are fourteen chairs.

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num • beginner

tekau mā rima

fifteen

teh-kow maa ree-mah

Tekau mā rima ngā pukapuka.

There are fifteen books.

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num • beginner

tekau mā ono

sixteen

teh-kow maa oh-noh

Tekau mā ono ngā ākonga.

There are sixteen students.

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num • beginner

tekau mā whitu

seventeen

teh-kow maa fee-too

Tekau mā whitu ngā rā.

There are seventeen days.

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num • beginner

tekau mā waru

eighteen

teh-kow maa wah-roo

Tekau mā waru ngā ika.

There are eighteen fish.

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num • beginner

tekau mā iwa

nineteen

teh-kow maa ee-wah

Tekau mā iwa ngā tamariki.

There are nineteen children.

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num • beginner

rua tekau

twenty

roo-ah teh-kow

E rua tekau ngā āporo.

There are twenty apples.

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num • beginner

toru tekau

thirty

toh-roo teh-kow

E toru tekau ngā pukapuka.

There are thirty books.

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num • beginner

whā tekau

forty

faa teh-kow

E whā tekau ngā tūru.

There are forty chairs.

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num • beginner

rima tekau

fifty

ree-mah teh-kow

E rima tekau ngā pene.

There are fifty pens.

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num • beginner

rau

hundred

row

Kotahi rau ngā tāngata.

There are one hundred people.

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num • beginner

kore

zero / none

koh-reh

He kore te tatau.

The score is zero.

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num • beginner

ono tekau

sixty

oh-noh teh-kow

E ono tekau ngā meneti i te hāora.

There are sixty minutes in an hour.

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num • beginner

whitu tekau

seventy

fee-too teh-kow

E whitu tekau ngā tūru.

There are seventy chairs.

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num • beginner

waru tekau

eighty

wah-roo teh-kow

E waru tekau ngā pukapuka.

There are eighty books.

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num • beginner

iwa tekau

ninety

ee-wah teh-kow

E iwa tekau ngā rā.

There are ninety days.

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num • beginner

mano

thousand

mah-noh

Kotahi mano ngā tāngata.

There are one thousand people.

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ordinal • beginner

tuatahi

first

too-ah-tah-hee

Ko ia te tangata tuatahi.

They are the first person.

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ordinal • beginner

tuarua

second

too-ah-roo-ah

Ko tēnei te rā tuarua.

This is the second day.

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ordinal • beginner

tuatoru

third

too-ah-toh-roo

Ko ia te tamaiti tuatoru.

They are the third child.

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question • beginner

e hia?

how many?

eh hee-ah

E hia ngā pukapuka?

How many books are there?

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question • beginner

tokohia?

how many people?

toh-koh-hee-ah

Tokohia ngā tāngata?

How many people are there?

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n • beginner

tau

number / year

tow

He aha tō nama tau?

What is your number?

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num • beginner

kotahi rau

one hundred

koh-tah-hee row

Kotahi rau ngā tamariki.

There are one hundred children.

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