Māori | Translating numbers

He aha te rā? What is the day, date?:
Rāapa tekau hune.
He aha te huarere? What is the weather?:
He rangi mākū.
Kei te pehea koe? How are you?:
Kei te makariri au.

Todays maori lesson was based off translating numbers in to maori. We were making a number chart in maori.

The number chart we made was up to one hundred. On in maori is 'tahi' and one hundred in maori is 'kotahi'.

To write numbers in maori you need to translate whatever number is the tens and then whatever number is the ones into maori. For example: 38. The tens is three and three in maori is toru. Next I need to write down tekau because 'tekau' means ten (Toru tekau). After that I need to add a 'ma' (Toru tekau ma). Finally, the ones is eight and eight in maori is waru. Toru tekau ma waru.

I enjoyed this activity because it taught me a lot about maori place value.

LI: to understand maori numbers.