- An hour – ժամ, час, hora
- Half – կես, половина, (y) media
- Quarter – քառորդ, четверть, cuarto
When we want to know the time, we ask: “What time is it?“
| – What time is it? – It is 9:00 o’clock. |
☝️ We say “o’clock” when it is “00” after the hour: 01:00, 07:00, 22:00 and so on. We don’t say “10:15 o’clock”.
When we talk about very late night and morning hours, we say or write “a.m”.
9:00 a.m. = 9:00 o’clock in the morning
| – What time is it? – It is 9:00 a.m. |
When we talk about afternoon and evening hours, we say or write “p.m.”
9:00 p.m. = 9:00 o’clock at night
| – What time is it? – It is 9:00 p.m. |
Parts of the Day
| ☝️ At night, at noon ☝️ In the morning / afternoon / evening |
| noon = midday = 12:00 p.m. midnight = 12:00 a.m. or 00:00 |
Parts of the Hour
1 hour is 60 minutes.
When the time is 2:30 or 14:30, we can say “half past two”. 11:30 or 23:30 = half past eleven. 9:30 or 21:30 = half past nine. 30 is half of 60.
Half past = 30 minutes after
| ☝️ 12:30 = half past noon 00:30 half past midnight |
When it is 13:15 or 01:15, we can say “quarter past one”. 11:15 or 23:15 = quarter past eleven. 12:15 = quarter past noon. 15 is the quarter of 60.
Quarter past = 15 minutes after
Here is a good photo from SplashLearn:
Quarter to = 15 minutes before
When it is 13:45 or 01:45, we can say “quarter to two”. 11:45 = quarter to noon. 21:45 = quarter to ten. 15 is the quarter of 60.
Here is another good image from SplashLearn:
Here is the link to the lesson on their website: https://www.splashlearn.com/math-vocabulary/time/quarter-past
Exercise 1. Match the times.
Exercise 2. 👂Listen to the sentences and drag & drop the right (ճիշտ, правильный, correcto) answers.
Exercise 3. ✍️ Write a short essay, answer these questions