puff 575 Monday 29th

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Waka Party Point of the Day
protect your health from manipulated foods. Insist on labels showing genetic modification or additional hormones

Maori Unpacked continued
36

Numerals

How many words have we
unpacked?

Te tini me te mano?
Hundreds and thousands?

He itiiti raanei?
Or just a few?

whaa, four

rima, five

ono, six

We unpacked three numbers before'

tahi- one

rua- two

and

toru- three

so now we have at least six numbers!

I'm tired again! Must be time for dinner!

Put whaa, rima and ono in the Numerals Box.

Make a Mobile for each number.

Put a list of numerals on the wall.

With numerals we need to know about big things and little

Te iti me te rahi.
The small and the big.

And we need to get to more than ten with maa,

Tekau maa tahi.
Eleven.

Rua tekau maa tahi.
Twenty one.

Aa te rua tekau o e marama ka paanui au i nga nama.
On the twentieth of he month I read my bills.

Aa te tau rua mano maa tekau ka haere au ki taawaahi.
In the year 2010 he will go overseas.

Kia aapiti au i te rua ki te rua ko whaa te whakautu.
If I add two and two then four is the answer.

Tokohia nga taangata?
How many people?

Tokowhaa.
Four.

E hia nga ika?
How many fish?
E toru.
Three.

Toru tekau maa tahi nga raa o teenei marama.
There are thirty one days in this month.