Counting

Question 1

Where is the ‘and’ positioned in the Māori language?

Answer 1

The and goes between then tens and the ones so where in the English language we might say 500 and 63, in the Māori language we say 500, 6 tens and three.

Question 2

When is the ‘e’ used before numbers?

Answer 2

When someone asks about age, or just in general.
Only used before number 2-9 and their base numbers (eg. 2, 200, 2000, etc.)

Question 3

Tekau mā whā

Answer 3

14 (ten and four)

Question 4

Rua tekau

Answer 4

20

Question 5

Toru tekau mā whitu

Answer 5

37 (three tens and seven)

Question 6

Kotahi rau, tekau mā toru

Answer 6

113

Question 7

100’s

Answer 7

rau

Question 8

1000’s

Answer 8

mano

Question 9

Kotahi mano

Answer 9

1000

Question 10

E whitu rau, e iwa tekau mā iwa

Answer 10

799

Question 11

E iwa rau mā rua

Answer 11

902

Question 12

What is the rule for if there is no 10’s or 1’s or something in the number?

Answer 12

Don’t mention it in the number

Question 13

When do you use kotahi in a number

Answer 13

If its a 1 before the 100 or 1000 or 10 or something

Question 14

What is the formula for referring to two or more objects?

Answer 14

E + number + ngā + objects

eg. E rua ngā tēpu
The two tables

Question 15

When is ‘te’ used in a sentence with numbers?

Answer 15

When referring to one object

Kotahi + te + object