hia - how many?
hīa - to be fished with a line (pass. of hi)
E hia te roa e noho ana koe i reira?How long have you need living there?Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Kia hia ngā panana?How many bananas do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā tūru?How many seats are needed?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā parāoa?How much bread do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā kuri?How many dogs do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā āporo?How many apples do you need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā karaka?How many oranges do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā putiputi i te whare karakia?How many flowers do you need in the church?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā pēke pēnei?How many bags of flour do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā moni ki te hoko i te waka hōu?How much money do you need to buy the new car?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā whare?How many houses do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā paukena?How many pumpkins do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā huka?How many sugars would you like?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā oko?How many bowls do we need?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kia hia ngā aihikirīmi māu?How many ice creams for you?How many are needed? - Kia hia
Kua hia ngā tau e tāria ana te whare tapere.The community hall has been waited for for many years.Be waited for - tāria
Kei te haere māua ki te hokomaha. Kei te hia haere mai kōrua?We're going to the supermarket. Do you want to come?Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
He ātaahua te ingoa o tō whaea. E hia tana pakeke?Your mum's name is beautiful. How old is she?Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ka rawe hoki! E hia te pakeke o tō whaea?Excellent! How old is your mum?Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
E hia te pakeke o tō tuakana?How old is your older brother?Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ka hia koutou?How many of you were there?Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Ka hia kiromita ki Mōhaka?How many kilometers to Mōhaka?How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
E hia rānei ērā kāinga tawhito?How many of those old settlements would there be?How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
E hia ngā pune me ngā pāoka?How many spoons and forks are there?How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
E hia ngā rākau whero?How many red sticks are there?How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
E hia ō tau?How old are you?
E hia te utu mō te hoko hū?How much does it cost to buy shoes?
Ki tō whakaaro, e hia ngā tau o Honi?How old do you think Honi is?
E hia te utu mō ngā kākahu katoa?How much did all the clothes cost?
E hia ngā iki?How many fish?
E hia ngā ika a mau i a koe?How many fish did you catch?
E hia tana pakeke?How old is he?
E hia ngā tau o tana mokopuna?How old is her grandchild?
E hia ō matimati?How many fingers do you have?
E hia ō waewae?How many feet do you have?
E hia kē mai nei ngā putiputi ātaahua i tēnei kōanga.What a lot of beautiful flowers this spring.
E hia ngā ika kei roto i tōu kete?How many fish are in your kete?
E hia ngā tau o tō tuahine?How old's your sister?
E hia ngā tau o ō tuāhine?How old are your sisters?
E hia te moni e pīrangi ana koe?How much money do you need?
E hia kē mai nei ngā kōura!What a lot of crayfish!
E hia kē mai nei...What a lot of...
E hia ngā marae o te rohe nei?How many marae are there in this region?
E hia ngā tūru i te akomanga?How many chairs are there in the classroom?
E hia ngā tamariki i te kura?How many children are at the school?
E hia ngā whare i te tāone?How many houses are in the town?
E hia ngā rākau i te ngahere?How many trees are in the forest?
E hia ngā manu i te wao nui?How many birds are in the wilderness?
E hia ngā whetu i te rangi?How many stars are in the sky?
E hia ngā ika i te moana?How many fish are in the sea?
E hia ngā motokā i te huarahi?How many cars are on the road?
E hia ngā whakaahua i te wharetaonga?How many pictures are in the museum?
E hia ngā pene i te pouaka?How many pens are in the box?
E hia ngā rīwai i te māra?How many potatoes are in the garden?
E hia tō pakeke?How old are you?
E hia ngā wharekura o te tāone nei?How many schools are in this town?
E hia ngā tau o Rangi?How old is Rangi?
E hia ngā whare o te kāinga nei?How many houses are in this village?
E hia ngā tamariki o te whānau nei?How many children are in this family?
E hia ngā pukapuka o te wharepukapuka nei?How many books are in this library?
E hia ngā rākau o te ngahere nei?How many trees are in this forest?
E hia ngā kaiako o te kura nei?How many teachers are in this school?
E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?How many students are in this university?
E hia ngā tūru kei te tēpu?How many chairs are at the table?
E hia ngā pene? Kia hia ngā huka? Tokohia ngā tangata?How many pens? How many sugars would you like? How many people?
E hia āu pene e hoa?How many pens have you got mate?
E hia tōna pakeke?How old is she?
He ngenge pea nōu, ka kore e hia kai?Maybe you are tired, will you not eat?
E hia ngā āporo?How many apples?
E hia ngā panana?How many bananas?
Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia kē nei ngā kupu mō te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga rā."A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".
E hia ngā paukena?How many pumpkin?
E hia ngā motokā?How many cars?
E hia ngā pune?How many spoons?