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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.

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven 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 rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

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

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

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

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

Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 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 taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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