Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

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

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

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

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

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

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 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 i te ahiahi, ka mate ia.
At seven o'clock in the evening, he died.

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

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