Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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.

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten 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 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.

I te whitu karaka, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left at seven o'clock.