iwa - nine
E iwa ngā hoihō e oma atu ana.There are nine horses running away.Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.Finally, at nine o'clock, the card games started.Belonging to the past - nō
E iwa ngā whare.There are nine houses.Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.Half past nine.Telling time - kara
Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.Telling time - kara
Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.Half past 9.Telling time - kara
Kāore e iwa ngā whare.There are not nine houses.Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Tekau mā iwa taku pakeke.My age is nineteen.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.He is twenty-nine years old.