Grammar

This is a recap of all the grammar lessons associated with 'time', we've covered all the esseintials so you should be equipped to answer all the following grammar questions.

Which of the following translates to 'quarter to two o'clock'
  • Koata ki te rua karaka
  • Koata ki te whitu karaka
  • Koata ki te tahi karaka
  

How would you say 'five minutes to three o'clock'
  • Tekau mā rima meneti ki te toru karaka
  • Rima meneti ki te rima karaka
  • Rima meneti ki te toru karaka
  

Which of the following translates to 'quarter past six o'clock'
  • Koata pāhi i te ono karaka
  • Koata ki te ono karaka
  

Which of the following translates to 'it is thirteen minutes to nine o'clock'
  • Kua tekau mā tahi meneti ki te iwa karaka
  • Kua tekau mā toru meneti ki te iwa karaka
  • Kua tekau mā rua meneti ki te iwa karaka
  

Which of the following translates to 'twenty minutes past eight o'clock'
  • Rua tekau meneti ki te tahi karaka
  • Rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka
  • None of the above
  

How would you ask 'What time did Graeme phone'?
  • He aha te tāima i wehe ai koe?
  • He aha te tāima i tūtaki ai koutou?
  • He aha te tāima i waea mai ai a Kereama?
  

'He aha te taima' preceeds the action or event. Is this statement true or false?
  • true
  • false
  

How would you ask 'What was the time when you woke'?
  • He aha te tāima i waea mai ai a Kereama?
  • He aha te tāima i tūtaki ai koutou?
  • He aha te tāima i oho ai koe?
  

In this sentence structure that is asking 'what time Graeme phoned?, does the 'i' come before or after the verb when translated to Māori?
  • after
  • before
  

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