Section outline

  • Numbering People 

    To as how many people there are, we ask:

    Tokohia ngā (objects)? How many (people)

    For people we replace the word “E” with “Toko” to start the sentence followed by the number. This is only for 2-9 people. For 10 or more people we go back to using “E”


    Toko (number) ngā (people)


    Tokorua ngā tama

    There are two boys

    If there is only one person then we still use:

    Kotahi te (person)

    Kotahi te tama

    There is one boy