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e rua - two [things]

I tauomaoma rātou e rua maero i te one.
They had a race for two miles along the beach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

He aha ngā mahi kua oti i a koe i ēnei wiki e rua?
What have you completed this fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?

He aha ngā mahi ka oti i a koe ā ngā wiki e rua?
What will you do next fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?

Nō muri, ka āmio haere ia i ngā moutere e rua nei.
Afterwards, he circumnavigated these two islands.
Belonging to the past - nō

E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kua tākarohia e mātou ngā kēmu e rua.
We've played the two games.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

Nā rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books belong to them.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Kō ēnei waka e rua, i ū mai ki Hokianga.
These two canoes landed at Hokianga.
Towards - mai

E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ō waewae. Tahi, rua.
You've got two legs. One, two.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ngā tepu.
There are two tables.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua paringa o te tai i te rā.
There are two tides a day.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Engari kei te marae ētahi e rua.
But there are two already at the marae.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ngā pune.
There are two spoons.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara

Ehara i a rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books do not belong to them.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore e rua ngā tepu.
There are not two tables.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, e rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates, and we have twenty-one cups.

Kua tae mai ngā waka e rua tekau.
The twenty canoes have arrived.

Ā muri i ngā kōrero, ka [harirū] ā ka hongi ngā rōpū e rua.
After the speeches, the two groups will [shake hands] and press noses.

E rua ngā huka.
Two sugars.

Kotahi rau e rua tekau ngā mema Pāremata.
There are 120 MPs.

E rua haora noa iho kei te toe.
Just two hours remain (Only two hours are left).

E rua hāora e toe ana.
There is two hours to go.

I ētahi rā te nui o te wātiū, he rahi rawa mō ngā kēna e rua (Pōtatau 1991:25)
Some days, there was too much milk for the two cans

Ka kite au i roto i ngā nūpepa e kōrero ana mō ētahi tohorā e rua, he tāne, he uwha.
I saw in the newspaper where they were talking about two whales, a male and a female.

E rua maero te haerenga o te one.
This beach extends for two miles.

E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.

E rua ngā pene.
And the e preceds the number: *e* rua.

Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.

Waiata ai te iwi o Waikato i ngā whiti e rua. (1991:114)
The people of Waikato usually sing both verses.

E rua tekau mā tahi ōku tau.
I'm twenty one years old.

E rua aa maaua tamariki
We have two children

Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.

E rua paringa o te tai i te raa
There are two tides a day

E rua ngā pū-tohu-wā "wātū".
There are two time markers for the present tense.

E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.

E rua ngā kūkupa.
Two doves.

E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.

E toru rau e rua tekau mā whā ngā tāngata.
There are 324 people

E ono rau e rua tekau mā whitu ngā tamariki i te kura.
There are 627 children at the school

I taua pō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua.
That night Pita was sleeping between two soldiers secured with two chains.

E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.

Mō ngā wiki e rua i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.

E rua ngā wiki i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.

Ko ngā rōpū e rua i te totohe.
The two groups were arguing.

Haere mai tāua kia kite koe i ngā puna wai e rua.
Let us two go so that you may see the two springs of water.

E rua ngā pene
There are two pens

E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.

E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.

E rua ngā pukapuka.
There are two books.

I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.

E rua aku pukapuka.
I have two books.

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

E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.

Ēnei whare e rua.
These two houses.

Tū anganui ana ngā tāngata e rua.
The two men stood opposite each other.

E rua ngā whare kei roto i tēnei rori.
There are two houses in this street.

E rua tekau meneti ki te tekau mā tahi (o ngā hāora).
Twenty minutes to eleven.

Ka ngaro e rua ngā tāea o tētahi o ō mātau taraka.
Two tyres from one of our trucks went missing.

E rua pauna pata.
Two pounds of butter.

E rua mano ngā tūru.
There are 2000 chairs.

I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.

E rua e rua.
One and the same.

E whitu miriona e rua rau e whā tekau mā rima mano e waru tekau mā ono
Seven million, two hundred and forty-five thousand, and eighty-six.

E rua haora noa-atu-rā, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.

E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.

E rua tekau āna tamariki.
She has twenty children.

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