Māori Grammar

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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.

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

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

Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is 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.

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six 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.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

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

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

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 tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

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

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