Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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 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.