es prefixed

elf alone; kia ko tahi, be one; i. e., pull together. When tahi is used as a subs

a, it is perhaps a hundred; ko tahi te rau, or te mano. Sometimes the numerals lower than a 100 will take the article te, when the sub

oru, one, two, three, &c. Often, however, the verbal particle ka is use

a number; e. g., ka toru enei matenga oku i a koe, this is the third t

a will generally answer to the question, "How many have you counted, made, &c., e will be used in reply to "How many are there"? e. g., e hia ena kete? How many baskets are those? It would not ho

on, however, does no

ts uses vide ve

occasionally found prefixed to the nu

meral will require no possessive case after it; e. g., a, ho mai ana e ratou, e ono nga kete

ive case is very frequently employed; e. g.

tapiri mo enei kete e wha, as an addition to these four baskets. When it is in the nominati

variation of meaning; e. g., e rima tahi, five, turituri tahi, what a noise (you are making). Tahi will

ed; e. g., hokorima hokorima iho, fifty fifty down; i. e., the whole fifty were killed; e wha, wha mai ano, four four to me; bring the whole four

, "six of one, and half a dozen of the other"; e. g., e whitu waru atu! they are seven eight other; e n

nt has seen (page 26) the three

say "Kei te ono o nga upoko, kei te tuawha o nga rarangi," it is in the sixth chapter and fourth verse. We could not however, say Kei te whakawha o, &c. Again, a Native will say, Ko te tuahia tenei o nga whakatupuranga ka tae iho ki a koe? Ko te tekau, What number of generations is this that reaches down to you? answer, the tenth. Here the generations are represented as following in a regular succession to the tenth. If the reply were "Ko te whakatekau tenei,"

, we should prefer whakatekau to tuatekau; the form