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rima - five

rima - five

Rima, num. Five. Nowhea to koutou tokorima? (T. 10). Te rima, the fifth month.

Note.—In most of the Polynesian dialects the same word serves for five and hand; rima appears in the latter sense in the word kaurimarima.

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Williams Dictionary

Kua rima ōna tau.
She has reached five years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kāore aku tamariki, engari he tokomaha āku irāmutu, tekau rima rātou.
I don't have any kids, but I have many nieces and nephews, there are fifteen of them.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I tērā tau ka rima tekau ia.
He will be fifty next birthday.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

E rima ngā pukapuka.
There are five books.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Ko te rima karaka i te ahiahi.
5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Telling time - kara

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five o'clock.
Telling time - kara

E rima meneti e toe ana.
There are five minutes remaining.
Telling time - kara

Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Tenau rima ngā whare.
There are fifteen houses.
Counting over ten -

Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

E ono ngā pune, e rima ngā pāoka.
Six spoons and five forks.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Kāore e rima ngā pukapuka.
There are not five books.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Te tēpu nei ea ana te rima tāra.
This table is worth five dollars.

E rima tekau whā tōna pakeke.
She is fifty-four years old.

E rima ngā iwi e noho mai nei i te Tai Tokerau.
There are five tribes who live in Northland.

Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.

Rima.
Five.

Tekau rima.
Fifteen.

Kua rima tau tōna pakeke.
She has reached five years.

Kua rima tau ia i nāianei.
She has now reached five years.

wai tēnei rima tekau heneti?
Whose is this 50 cents?

Kua rere atu ngā manu e rima.
The five birds have flown away.

#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
#15: I'm coming. You're going.
#24: I am reading the book
#135: I am able to look after your children (but I'm not going to)
#110: You are happy, therefore you are dancing
#138: The mother will be the one to tidy the room
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