Results for 'Iwa'
E iwa ngā hoihō e oma atu ana.
There are nine horses running away.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
E iwa ngā whare.
There are nine houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.
Telling time - kara
Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.
It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.
Telling time - kara
Kāore e iwa ngā whare.
There are not nine houses.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Tahi Rua Toru Whā Rima Ono Whitu Waru Iwa Tekau
So that's fine for counting on your fingers, but when we want to say how many *things* there are we need to add an e in front of the numbers between 2 and 9.
Tekau mā iwa taku pakeke.
My age is nineteen.
I te iwa o ngā hāora i te ata o te Rātapu, ka whakahaeretia te karakia o te Koroneihana.
At nine o’clock on Sunday morning, the Coronation Church Service was held.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.
Waru Iwa Tekau
And we can number things
Kia iwa ngā rorohiko i te tari.
There should be nine computers in the office.
Iwa.
Nine.
Tekau mā iwa.
Nineteen.
Kua whakarite·a me tae raatou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka
gen Kawerau at the nine clock ‘It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawerau mill at nine o’clock
Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Eventually, at nine o’clock, the card-playing started.
e iwa (nine)
Note: Some speakers use the form e for both people and things.
e rua tekau mā whitu = 27 kotahi rau e rima tekau mā tahi = 151 e ono mano e waru rau e toru tekau mā iwa = 6839
When counting things off, we say ‘ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru
Nō te tau kotahi mano, e iwa rau mā whitu, tēnei haerenga ōku.
This journey of mine was in the year nineteen hundred and seven.
e iwa tekau
To add units, continue with mā and the appropriate number:
