Māori Grammar

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten 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.

Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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.

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

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.

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

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 rua.
Half past two.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

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

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

Hei te tekau mā tahi karaka.
See you at eleven 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.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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 tekau karaka.
At ten 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.

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