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First Lessons in Maori
§ 33
§ 33.
When using an ordinal as an adjective in immediate connexion with a noun, prefix tua-* to the simple numeral from one to nine, thus:
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Te tangata tuatahi, the first man.
Above nine, without tua-, thus:
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Te tekau o nga manu, the tenth of the birds, or the tenth bird.
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Te rua tekau ma toru o nga whare, the twenty-third of the houses, or the twenty-third house.