Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Ko te tekau tahi karaka.
It is eleven 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.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Hei te tekau rua karaka.
See you at twelve 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.

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

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, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left at seven o'clock.

Ka wehe tātou ā te 2 karaka ā tēnei ahiahi.
We (3 + incl) will leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon.