Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

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

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 tekau tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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.

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

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.