Māori Grammar

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.

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

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

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.

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

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 wā.
The time is 2 o'clock.

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

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

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

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.

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

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.

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

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve 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.

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

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.

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

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

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.

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

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

Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two 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 tekau karaka.
See you at ten 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 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.

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.