(1) Wahanga Tuatahi - Ko nga Tae - Colours
Use of Te and Nga

In English you can make plurals by putting an s at the end of a word. This is never done in Maori. Instead, you make a plural by changing the word in front of the object. This is the first way; there are many other ways of making plurals but these will be covered later on.

te = the (one thing only)

nga = the (more than one thing)

In Maori you NEVER start a sentence with te or nga, instead you put a Ko in front of those words.

Use this simple pattern to help remember the sentence structure

	Ko	te / nga	object	colour
The black dog	Ko	te	kuri	mangu
The black dogs	Ko	nga	kuri	mangu