Everywhere I look, Awakea is defined as being from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. And 'Auinalā is from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Yet in Telling-Time, Duo says that "He wants the book at 3 pm.="Makemake ʻo ia i ka puke i ka hola ʻekolu o ke awakea." I wonder why the correct answer isn't: "Makemake ʻo ia i ka puke i ka hola ʻekolu o ka 'Auinalā".
I've noticed that Duo also seems to consider 'auinalā to end at 5:00 p.m, and thus Ahiahi to start at 5pm rather than 6 pm.
Still getting confused by Duo's 'time' section so I checked my books as well, and came up with a few variants, it seems that pesky "i' is needed by some authors and not by others.
Hapalua hola [number] Half-past [number] (Hapa=half, lua=2)
Hapalua hola ʻekahi Half-past one. 1:30.
Hapalua i hola ʻekahi Half-past one. 1:30. (p70 ʻŌlelo hou)
Hapahā i hala ka hola [number] Quarter-past [number] (Hapahā=quarter, i hala = past)
Hapahā i hala ka hola ʻekahi Quarter-past one. 1:15.
Hapahā i hala ‘ekahi Quarter-past one. 1:15. (p70 ʻŌlelo hou)
Hapahā hola [number] Quarter to [number] ( p209 Ka lei haʻaheo.)
Hapahā i ka hola [number] Quarter to [number] o’clock. (p70 ʻŌlelo hou)
Hapahā i hola [number] Quarter to [number]
Apparently one can also say "Hapahā ma mua o ka hola 'ekolu" (A quarter before 3).
And in another Q&A on Duo Iʻve read that to express the time ‘til we can also say it in two more complicated(!) ways:
1.Hapahā i koe kani ka hola [number]
2.Ua hala ka ʻekolu hapahā i ka hola [number]
And, finally:
Q: How do you say "Almost”?
A: Kokoke means "almost" both in time and other situations. So you can say "Kokoke pau ka papa" (The class is almost done) as well as:
Kokoke (ka) hola 'elua" It's almost 2 o'clock.