rua tekau - twenty
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
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
E rua tekau mā tahi ōku tau.I'm twenty one years old.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.He is twenty-nine years old.
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.