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iwa - nine

E iwa ngā hoihō e oma atu ana.
There are nine horses running away.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Finally, at nine o'clock, the card games started.
Belonging to the past - nō

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...

Tekau iwa taku pakeke.
My age is nineteen.

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

Iwa.
Nine.

Tekau iwa.
Nineteen.

#142: N is used for emphasis
#94: Cause the book to be open!
#156: I am no longer going to the meeting
#180: Your hair is weird
#19: Your armpit smells delicious
#1: Hello
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