Māori Grammar

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

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.

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.

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

Hei te tahi karaka.
See you at one 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.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

Hei te tekau mā tahi karaka.
See you at eleven 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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.

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten 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.

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