Māori Grammar

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten 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 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.

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