Māori Grammar

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven 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 iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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.

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

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

A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae 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 tahi karaka.
See you at one o'clock.

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

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

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

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.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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 rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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.

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten 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.