Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight 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.

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 tahi karaka.
See you at eleven o'clock.

Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven 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.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

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

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.

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