Māori Grammar

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

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

Hei te tekau karaka.
See you 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.

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

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 iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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.

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

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

Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 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.

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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.

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

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten 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 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.

I te whitu karaka i te ahiahi, ka mate ia.
At seven o'clock in the evening, he died.