E hia ngā āporo i te ata? How many apples in the morning?
E hia ngā pukapuka inanahi? How many books yesterday?
Tokohia (with time):
Tokohia ngā tāngata i te pō? How many people at night?
Tokohia ngā tauira i te kura inanahi? How many students at school yesterday?
LEVEL 3 – HARD: Full Sentences with Verbs and Time
E hia (with verb + time):
E hia ngā āporo i hokona e koe i te ata? How many apples did you buy in the morning?
E hia ngā kapu kawhe i inumia e koe i te ahiahi? How many cups of coffee did you drink in the afternoon?
E hia ngā pukapuka i pānui koe i te pō? How many books did you read at night?
Tokohia (with verb + time):
Tokohia ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui inanahi? How many people came to the meeting yesterday?
Tokohia ngā kaiako i mahi i te kura i te rāhoroi? How many teachers worked at school on Saturday?
Tokohia ngā tauira i tae mai i te ata nei? How many students arrived this morning?
KEY REMINDERS:
"E hia" is used for objects or non-human things. "Tokohia" is used only for people. Time phrases like "i te ata" (in the morning), "inanahi" (yesterday), or "i te pō" (at night) go at the end of the sentence.
Details:
E hia (with verb + time)
E hia ngā āporo i hokona e koe i te ata? (How many apples did you buy in the morning?)
🟣 E hia ngā āporo (How many apples) 🟣 Identity Sentence
🔵 i hokona e koe (did you buy) 🔵 Action Sentence
🔴 i te ata (in the morning) 🔴 Time Sentence
E hia ngā kapu kawhe i inumia e koe i te ahiahi? (How many cups of coffee did you drink in the afternoon?)
🟣 E hia ngā kapu kawhe (How many cups of coffee) 🟣 Identity Sentence
🔵 i inumia e koe (did you drink) 🔵 Action Sentence
🔴 i te ahiahi (in the afternoon) 🔴 Time Sentence
E hia ngā pukapuka i pānui koe i te pō? (How many books did you read at night?)
🟣 E hia ngā pukapuka (How many books) 🟣 Identity Sentence
🔵 i pānui koe (did you read) 🔵 Action Sentence
🔴 i te pō (at night) 🔴 Time Sentence
Tokohia (with verb + time)
Tokohia ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui inanahi? (How many people came to the meeting yesterday?)
🟣 Tokohia ngā tāngata (How many people) 🟣 Identity Sentence
🔵 i tae mai (came) 🔵 Action Sentence
🟡 ki te hui (to the meeting) 🟡 Location Sentence
🔴 inanahi (yesterday) 🔴 Time Sentence
Tokohia ngā kaiako i mahi i te kura i te rāhoroi? (How many teachers worked at school on Saturday?)
🟣 Tokohia ngā kaiako (How many teachers) 🟣 Identity Sentence
🔵 i mahi (worked) 🔵 Action Sentence
🟡 i te kura (at school) 🟡 Location Sentence
🔴 i te rāhoroi (on Saturday) 🔴 Time Sentence
Tokohia ngā tauira i tae mai i te ata nei? (How many students arrived this morning?)
🟣 Tokohia ngā tauira (How many students) 🟣 Identity Sentence
🔵 i tae mai (arrived) 🔵 Action Sentence
🔴 i te ata nei (this morning) 🔴 Time Sentence
Key for Colour-Coded Sentences
🟣 Identity Sentence: Names or describes people, places, or things
🔵 Action Sentence: Shows movement or activity
🟢 State Sentence: Describes conditions or feelings
🟠 Descriptive Sentence: Describes appearance or qualities
🟡 Location Sentence: Shows where something happens
🔴 Time Sentence: Shows when something happens
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen): Tokohia? E hia? How many (people)? How many?
Narrator: Tokohia ngā tamariki? How many children?
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen): Tahi, rua, toru! E toru ngā ngeru. One, two, three! Three cats.
Narrator: E hia ngā kiore? How many mice?
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen): Ngā kiore? Kei hea te kiore? Mice? Where’s the mouse?
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen): Kāore he kiore. There are no mice.
Rōpū tamariki (off-screen): Engari, kotahi te ngeru mōmona. But, there’s one fat cat.
Language Focus
In this reomation, you will learn how to ask the question ‘how many’ – which varies, depending on whether you are asking about people or animals/things.
You use ‘Tokohia’ to ask how many people there are and ‘E hia’ to ask how many animals/things.
You will notice that counting people is slightly different from counting animals (or things).
When counting 2-9 people, there is a prefix ‘toko-’, for example, ‘tokoono ngā tamariki’ (six children).
When counting animals (or things), you’ll notice that the numbers 2-9 are preceded by ‘e’, for example, ‘e whā ngā kurī’ (four dogs).
Note the exceptions; namely one, for example, ‘kotahi te ika’ (one fish) and numbers beginning with tekau (ten), for example, ‘tekau mā toru ngā mōkai’ (thirteen pets).