When is your birthday?

Note:  E wha tekau ma toru ōku tau.

Ko te aha tou rā whānau? When is your birthday?

Ko te aha tōu rā whānau?

When is your birthday?

Ko te Rāhina te tuawha o ngā o Poutū te rangi tōku ra whānau.

         Monday       4th     of the days of March is my birthday

First, second, third...

1- 9th - tuatahi = 1st, tuaiwa = 9th

10th - tekau

E hia ōu tau?

How many your years?

43 = Wha tekau ma toru ōku tau.

Try it out with these dates.  Can you say your birthday is on any of these?

Alternatives for te and nga - the singular and the plural

Ask the questions without using the - singular or plural...

Nō hea...?    Where is...?

Kei te pēhea...?    How is...?

Ko wai...?   What is .... called?

Tokohia...?    How many (people - aunties, uncles...)?

He aha...?  What is...?

E hia...?     How many...?

Kei Hea...?    Where is...?

Nō hea korua?    No Springston māua.

Kei te pēhea tāna kuri?    Kei te pouri tāku kuri.

Ko wai tōu ingoa?    Ko Angela tōku ingoa.

Ko wai tāu kuri?    Ko Bess tāku kuri.

Tokohia āu mokopuna?    Kotahi tāku mokopuna.

Kei hea tōku matua?    Nō Alexandra tōku matua.

He aha tēnā?  He pene tēnei.

E hia āu pene?  Tekau ma tahi āku pene.

E hia āna pene?  Tekau ma tahi āna pene.

Counting People

Kotahi tāku tane.  (My one husband.)

Kotahi tāku mokopuna.  (My one grandchild.)

Tokowha ōku tuakana.  (My four older same gender sisters.)

Tokorua ōku teina.  (My two little same gender sisters.)

Tokotoru ōku tungāne.  (My three brothers.)

Counting words

Say the number then the title of the column. 

0 kore,  1 tahi,  2 rua,  3 toru,  4 whā,  5 rima,  6 ono,  7 whitu,  8 waru,  9 iwa,  10 tekau

kotahi = when 1 e.g. 105

200 - rua rau

22 - rua tekau mā rua

40 - whā tekau

1,567 - kotahi mano, rima rau, ono tekau mā whitu

Try out the other numbers in the list on the left of the image.

Count to tekau chant and in reverse

We started really slow so you could catch on.  Wait till next week - super fast speed!

Counting to seven chant - whitu

1- tahi, 2 - rua, 3 - toru, 4 - wha, 5 - rima, 6 - ono, 7 - whitu