Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Telling time - kara

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

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

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

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

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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.

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

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

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

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

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

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

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

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

Hei te tekau tahi karaka.
See you at 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.

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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.

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.

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

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

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