§ 24. In Counting use ka before the numeral, thus:
Ka hia? how many? [does that make?]
Ka tahi, one; ka rua, two; ka toru, three &c.; ka tekau, ten; ka tekau ma tahi, eleven; ka rua tekau, twenty; ka kotahi rau ka rua tekau ma rima, one hundred and twenty five.
In asking for any number of things use kia in the same way before the numeral, thus:
Mauria mai etahi toki kia rua, bring two axes.
Kia hia? how many? Kia rua, two.
§ 25. With Nouns. When used in immediate connexion with nouns, let kotahi stand for one, not tahi, and put e before the others, from two to nine.
Examples.
He tangata kotahi, one man.
Nga tangata e toru, the three men.