Māori Grammar

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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.

Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve 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.

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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.

Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.