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rua - two; grave, hole, storage pit

E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama te rua .
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama te rua .
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I tauomaoma rātou e rua maero i te one.
They had a race for two miles along the beach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kia rua kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.
Let there be... - kia...

Kia rua ngā kapu.
Two cups (let there be two cups).
Let there be... - kia...

muri, ka āmio haere ia i ngā moutere e rua nei.
Afterwards, he circumnavigated these two islands.
Belonging to the past - nō

Kia kotahi māku, kia rua Manu.
One for me, two for Manu.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Ka haere mātou ki te tāone runga tereina te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

Kāore a Rua i te pānui i te pukapuka.
Rua isn't reading the book.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He rua ō ngā pōtiha.
The foxes have dens.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ka hoki mai au i te rua haora.
I'll be back in two hours.
Towards - mai

Tekau rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ō waewae. Tahi, rua.
You've got two legs. One, two.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ngā tepu.
There are two tables.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua paringa o te tai i te .
There are two tides a day.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ngā pune.
There are two spoons.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Telling time - kara

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.
Telling time - kara

Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te tekau rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.
Telling time - kara

E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara

Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara

E rua ngā pukapuka.
There are two books.
Counting 1-10 -

Tekau waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Kāore e tekau rua ngā tamariki.
There are not twelve children.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...

Kāore e rua ngā tepu.
There are not two tables.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Rua mano rua tekau
2020

E rua ngā huka.
Two sugars.

E rua hāora e toe ana.
There is two hours to go.

Ka hokona e ia te kurī te rua rau tāra.
He sold that dog for two hundred dollars.

Tekau rua ngā kurī.
There are twelve dogs.

He rua tāra tikiti tēnei.
This is a two dollar ticket.

E rua maero te haerenga o te one.
This beach extends for two miles.

Tātou ka mahi i te tawa kia rua rau putu te roa.
Let us make a tower 200 feet high.

Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.

E rua tekau tahi ōku tau.
I'm twenty one years old.

Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei tohu e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.

E rua ngā -tohu- "wātū".
There are two time markers for the present tense.

E rua tekau iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.

Tekau rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.

Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.

ngā wiki e rua i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.

E rua ngā wiki i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.

Ko ngā rōpū e rua i te totohe.
The two groups were arguing.

Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About 20 people came to the meeting.

E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.

E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.

I ngā rua wiki.
Two weeks ago.

E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.

E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.

Ā rua wiki.
In two weeks.

Kia rua hoki he hokohoko?
Should an exchange take place twice?

Nāna tēnei rua tāra.
This $2 is his.

Kia rua koa.
Two please.

E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.

Kia rua ngā huka.
Two sugars please. (Let it be two sugars.)

Kia pēhea te hōhonu o te rua nei?
How deep should this hole (rua) be?

Ko te rua o Hakihea.
The second of December.

E rua mano ngā tūru.
There are 2000 chairs.

Tōna rua rau pea.
About 200, perhaps.

E rua e rua.
One and the same.

Ko te hui a te rua haora.
The meeting is in two hours.

Ko tāua tūtakitanga a te rua haora ka tautohetohe.
Our meeting in two hours will be quarrelsome.

E rua haora noa-atu-, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.

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