Māori Grammar

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.

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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 toru karaka.
See you at three o'clock.

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

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

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