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waru - eight; to scrape, to peel

waru - eight

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua eke atu ia ki ngā taumata o te waru tekau whitu tau.
She has reached the age of eighty seven years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

E waru ngā tūru.
There are eight chairs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.
Telling time - kara

A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.
Telling time - kara

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 waru ngā tūru.
There are not eight chairs.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Whitu tekau waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.

Tekau waru te pakeke o tana tungāne.
Her brother is 18.

E waru ngā waitohu.
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