Māori Grammar

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 waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

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

Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 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, 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.

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.