“E hia ?”-how many, [not for people]
“E hia nga aporo? [how many apples are there?}
E whitu nga aporo? [7 apples.]
E hia nga tepu? [how many tables are there?] [if the number is more that 10 we drop the “e”]
Tekau ma tahi nga tepu? [11 tables]
E hia nga papama [how many whiteboard]
Kotahi te papama [1 whiteboard] [when there is only one, we use Kotahi te..]
Tokohia- how many people?
Tokohia nga tamariki? [how many children?]
Rua tekau ma iwa nga tamariki.
Tokohia nga kaiako ? [how many teachers?]
Tokorua nga kaiako. [2 teachers]
Au-me
Tenei-this by me
You-koe
tena- that by you
he/she-ia
tera-that over there
Enei-these by me
Ena-those by you
Era-those over there