Māori Grammar

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.

E rima meneti e toe ana.
There are five minutes remaining.

Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.

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.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Maranga mai ai au ia rā, ia rā i te whitu karaka.
I always get up every day at seven o'clock.

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 o'clock.

I ngā ata katoa e ara ana is i te ono karaka.
He gets up at six o'clock every morning.

Hei te tahi karaka.
See you at one o'clock.

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five o'clock.

E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.

Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.

Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

I te ono karaka, kua tae atu rātou ki Ōmihi.
By six o'clock they had got to Ōmihi.

Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.

A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.

Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Finally, at nine o'clock, the card games started.

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.

Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven o'clock.

Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 o'clock.

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.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hei te toru karaka.
See you at three o'clock.

Ko te whitu karaka i te ata.
7 o'clock in the morning.

Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven o'clock.

Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

Hei te tekau mā tahi karaka.
See you at eleven o'clock.

Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four 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.

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six o'clock.

Oho ai au i te wari karaka i te ata.
I usually wake up at eight o'clock in the morning.

Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten o'clock.

Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o'clock.

I te whitu karaka i te ahiahi, ka mate ia.
At seven o'clock in the evening, he died.

Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 o'clock.

I te whitu karaka, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left at seven o'clock.

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.

Ka wehe tātou ā te 2 karaka ā tēnei ahiahi.
We (3 + incl) will leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon.