Māori Grammar

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

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

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

Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.

Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven 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 rima meneti e toe ana.
There are five minutes remaining.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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 whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten 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.

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

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