Plural of "eyes" in Maori?
Kia Ora,

Karu means eye. Would Karungā be eyes?

Is "ngā" always added to the end of a word to make it plural?

Thank you!

Question

Plural of "eyes" in Maori?
Kia Ora,

Karu means eye. Would Karungā be eyes?

Is "ngā" always added to the end of a word to make it plural?

Thank you!

Answer

Kia ora Mais,

You have a couple of great answers here!  I recently joined italki as a Te Reo Māori teacher so if you are looking for support or partnership with learning the Māori language I would love to help!

Answer

ngā karu is eyes
õna karu is his/her eyes
õku karu is my eyes

Answer

Mais you may have already figured it out but there are only a few words in Māori that change when plural. Like tamaiti/tamariki tangata/tāngata.

Mostly plurals are demonstrated by the determiner 
He karu - an eye/ some eyes
Ngā karu - the eyes
Te karu - the eye

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