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maianhvk · 07-19-2011, 07:06 AM

In case you wanna know, telling the time in our language is pretty similar to that in English, roughly translated as:

4:15 = four (hour) fifteen

4:30 = four half <--- sounds like 4 x 0.5 = 2, but there's a not-saying "and a" between "four" and "half".

4:45 = four forty-five (many use this, but to me it sounds weird

) or five lacking fifteen

(I always use this)

That's for 12-hour system. The same for 24-hour system, although IMO the latter is sort of awkward. I can't instantly 'exchange' it to the exactly time when given something like 18:50. I guess that is because I'm more familiar with analog watch. I hate digital watches.

When I first knew about your way of telling the time (for those who are related to US military), like 0415 hours, I thought, 'oooohhh it looks cool!'

07-19-2011, 07:06 AM	#194
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	In case you wanna know, telling the time in our language is pretty similar to that in English, roughly translated as: 4:15 = four (hour) fifteen 4:30 = four half <--- sounds like 4 x 0.5 = 2, but there's a not-saying "and a" between "four" and "half". 4:45 = four forty-five (many use this, but to me it sounds weird ) or five lacking fifteen (I always use this) That's for 12-hour system. The same for 24-hour system, although IMO the latter is sort of awkward. I can't instantly 'exchange' it to the exactly time when given something like 18:50. I guess that is because I'm more familiar with analog watch. I hate digital watches. When I first knew about your way of telling the time (for those who are related to US military), like 0415 hours, I thought, 'oooohhh it looks cool!' Last edited by maianhvk; 07-19-2011 at 11:15 AM.