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Māori Grammar

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Telling time - kara

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six 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.

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.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

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

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