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The following words are used to tell the time:
taima: time
karaka: clock or hour
hāora: hour
meneti or meniti: minute
pāhi or pāhitanga: past
hāwhe: half
koata: quarter
i: past
ki: to
For example:
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.
Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six o'clock.Ko te whitu karaka i te ata.
7 o'clock in the morning.Hei te toru karaka.
See you at three o'clock.I te whitu karaka i te ahiahi, ka mate ia.
At seven o'clock in the evening, he died.E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five o'clock.Maranga mai ai au ia rā, ia rā i te whitu karaka.
I always get up every day at seven o'clock.Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.
It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.Ko te rima karaka i te ahiahi.
5 o'clock in the afternoon.A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven o'clock.Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 o'clock.Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.Ka wehe tātou ā te 2 karaka ā tēnei ahiahi.
We (3 + incl) will leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon.Hei te tahi karaka.
See you at one o'clock.Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 o'clock.Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.I te whitu karaka, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left at seven o'clock.Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.E rima meneti e toe ana.
There are five minutes remaining.Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven o'clock.Oho ai au i te wari karaka i te ata.
I usually wake up at eight o'clock in the morning.I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten o'clock.Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.I ngā ata katoa e ara ana is i te ono karaka.
He gets up at six o'clock every morning.Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 o'clock.Hei te tekau mā tahi karaka.
See you at eleven o'clock.Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.