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The following words are used to tell the time:
taima: time
karaka: clock or hour
hāora: hour
meneti or meniti: minute
pāhi or pāhitanga: past
hāwhe: half
koata: quarter
i: past
ki: to
For example:
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.
Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven o'clock.Ko te rima karaka i te ahiahi.
5 o'clock in the afternoon.Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five o'clock.Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.Maranga mai ai au ia rā, ia rā i te whitu karaka.
I always get up every day at seven o'clock.Ko te whitu karaka i te ata.
7 o'clock in the morning.Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven o'clock.Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.Oho ai au i te wari karaka i te ata.
I usually wake up at eight o'clock in the morning.E rima meneti e toe ana.
There are five minutes remaining.Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 o'clock.Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten o'clock.Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight 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.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 tahi karaka.
See you at one o'clock.Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.Hei te toru karaka.
See you at three o'clock.Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 o'clock.Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.Hei te tekau mā tahi karaka.
See you at eleven o'clock.Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.I ngā ata katoa e ara ana is i te ono karaka.
He gets up at six o'clock every morning.Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.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.Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 o'clock.I te whitu karaka, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left 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.Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.