Māori Grammar

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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 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.

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.