Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

Oho ai au i te wari karaka i te ata.
I usually wake up at eight 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.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

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

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

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six 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.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

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

Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight 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.

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two 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 tekau karaka.
At ten 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 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.

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