§ 29.

In Counting use ka before the numerals, thus:

• Ka hia? how many?

• Ka tahi, one; ka rua, two; ka toru, three, etc.; ka tekau, ten; ka tekau ma tahi, eleven; ka rua tekau, twenty; ka kotahi rau ka rua tekau ma rima, one hundred and twenty-five.

In asking for any number of things use kia in the same way before the numeral, thus:

• Mauria mai etahi toki, kia rua, bring two axes.

• Kia hia? how many? Kia rua, two.