tekau mā rua - dozen
tekau ma rua - twelve
Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.There are twelve children.Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.See you at twelve o'clock.Telling time - kara
Kāore e tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.There are not twelve children.Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
Ka waitohua ngā hōiho tekau mā rua.Twelve horses will be chosen.
Tekau mā rua ngā kurī.There are twelve dogs.
Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.Riripeti is twelve years old.
I te tekau mā rua karaka ka karangatia mai mātou kia whakatika, kia haere.At twelve o’clock we were called (and told) to get up and go.
Tekau mā rua.Twelve.
