Telling the time – Určovanie času
In this article I will explain you how to tell the time in Slovak language, everything will be in English
and Slovak so you will understand easily.
What time is it ? Koľko je hodín ?
At what time ? O koľkej hodine ?
When we reffering to full time only we can say .
It´s one. Je jedna.
It´s ten. Je desať.
When reffering to hours as well as minutes we can say.
Je tri desať. It is ten past three.
Je päť dvadsať. It is twenty past five.
But standard responses are usually as follows :
What time is it ? At what time ?
Koľko je hodín ? O koľkej hodine ?
Je jedna hodina. O jednej hodine.
Sú dve hodiny. O druhej hodine.
Sú štyri hodiny. O štvrtej hodine.
a. m or p.m . ráno alebo poobede
3 a. m. tri hodiny ráno/ v noci
3 p. m. tri hodiny poobede
When reffering to a half hour, time is expressed in the following way :
Je pol tretej. It is half past two.
O pol tretej. At half past two.
When reffering to quarter hour, time is expressed in the following way.
It is quarte past two. Je štvrť na tri.
At quarter to ten. O trištvrte na desať.
I hope that this article helps you and you will understand how Slovak people telling the time.