Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

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

Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten 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.

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

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.

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

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

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Hei te whitu karaka.
See you 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.

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.