Tēnā koutou - hello everyone.

How are you going in your te reo journey?  It’s great to hear people giving te reo a go with me.

Last week, we talked about purei kēmu, playing games, while we were in lockdown. With the welcome return to level 2, we’ll be getting back into sports, so I thought that could be a good topic for this week.

Remember the question from last week: He aha te kēmu?  What’s the game?

If you practised asking that question, you’ll find it easy to extend the sentence slightly and ask:

He aha te wā o te kēmu? What time’s the game?

Telling time is simple to do. Begin each time phrase with the number, and end each phrase with karaka, which means o’clock.

Kotahi karaka - One o’clock,

Rua karaka - Two o’clock 

Rima karaka - Five o’clock.

If you want to say half past the hour, use haurua half and i for past the hour.

Haurua i te rua karaka - Half past two,

Haurua i te rima karaka - Half past five.

Or maybe:

Kua tīmata kē - It’s already started!

Practice telling the time this week. The numbers you need to know are:

tahi - 1,

rua - 2,

toru - 3,

whā - 4,

rima - 5,

ono - 6,

whitu - 7,

waru - 8,

iwa - 9,

tekau - 10,

tekau mā tahi - 11, and 

tekau mā rua - 12.

Stay safe and healthy everyone - we’ll talk more about sports next week.

Kia pai te rā - Have a great day.

For more, check out te wiki o te reo Māori here