Māori Grammar

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five 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.

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 rua.
Half past two.

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

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

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

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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.

I te tekau karaka.
At ten 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.

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.