Ko te momo tau hei whakaatu i te raupapa o ētahi mea. Mō ngā tau 1 ki te 9, ka honoa te ‘tua’ ki mua, arā, ko te tuatahi, te tuarua, tae atu ki te tuaiwa. I tua atu i te 9, mā te horopaki o te kōrero e tohu mēnā he tau raupapa, he tau maha rānei.
A type of number which shows the order of things. For numbers from 1 to 9, the prefix ‘tua’ is added. Above 9, the context of the discourse will indicate whether it is an ordinal or cardinal number.
Ina honoa te ‘tua’ ki tētahi tau, he tau raupapa tēnā, pērā i te tuatahi me te tuarua.
Hurihia ēnei tau hei tau raupapa.
Ko Rāpata te tuawaru, ko Hinekura te rua tekau mā ono o ngā tamariki i te rārangi ingoa. He tauira ēnei o te tau raupapa.