Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight 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.

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

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

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

Hei te tekau rua karaka.
See you at twelve 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.

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.

Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 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.

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.