Huihui katoa
all togetherMy daughter just counted our goats and told me the total. By the end of this lesson, you'll say it the way she does.
5 short steps · about 3 minutes
Watch a moment, answer, play, then use it at home today.
A small word you'll use every day
Huihui and wehewehe are foundational words, like good and bad or inside and outside in English. They often get skipped early on.
Tap each card to see the word in action, and say it out loud as the goats move.
Quick check: you're bringing all the goats into one pen. Which word?
Adding up the cars
Our grandparents used huihui whenever they grouped things together to add them up.
Listen for the total at the end of the clip.
"Huihui katoa, e rua tekau mā toru." How many cars?
Numbers 1 to 10
How many goats?
I ask her how many goats there are.
Before she answers, can you build her number?
She says there are 11. Build "eleven":
Then I ask her about the goats that were already here. Huihui katoa?
Your turn: huihui katoa
Drag or tap every goat into the pen. Count each one out loud as it goes in.
Say it out loud, then pick it: Huihui katoa, …
Count something real today
Pick something around you, group it all together, and say the total out loud in te reo.
Need help with your number?
Every time you group things to count them, start with huihui katoa.
Homegrown · made from the Māori in a Minute video "All Together Now". Clips play only the important moments.