Term 3 Week 10

Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to:

• Ask the time in Maori
• Tell the time in Maori

To ask the time in te reo Māori we use the phrase He aha te wā? To answer the question, we use ‘Ko’ to identify the time.

On the hour (......o’clock )  

Ko te (number) karaka te wā                    The time is (number) o’clock

       Ko rua karaka te wā              Ko ono karaka te wā                Kotahi karaka te wā

       The time is 2 o’clock            The time is 6 o’clock               The time is 1 o’clock

Minutes to or minutes past

     ki te used to say ‘to’

     mai i te used to say ‘past’

Ko tekau miniti ki te rua karaka             10 minutes to 2
Ko tekau miniti mai i te rua karaka        10 minutes past 2

The transliterations for half and quarter are commonly used to tell the time in te reo Māori

koata = quarter     hawhe =half

      Koata ki te whā karaka     Koata pahi i te rua karaka     Ko te hawhe pahi i te whā karaka
       Quarter past 4                 Quarter to 2                              Half past 4