Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

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

Ko te rima karaka i te ahiahi.
5 o'clock in the afternoon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.

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

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

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

Ko te tekau tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two 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.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six 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.

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

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

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

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.