Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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 tekau rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

Hei te tekau 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.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

Ko te tekau tahi karaka.
It is eleven 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.