Para perguntar as horas podemos dizer: What time is it? (a mais comum) ou ainda What's the time?. Usamos a forma It’s + time (hora atual) e quando for hora inteira, acrescentamos o’clock.
Exemplos:
- It’s ten o’clock. (São dez horas.)
- It’s midday. (É meio-dia.)
- It’s midnight. (É meia-noite.)
Para indicar horários antes ou depois de meio-dia, usamos as abreviações A.M. (antes do meio-dia) e P.M; (depois do meio-dia).
Exemplos:
- It’s ten a.m. (São dez da manhã.)
- It’s five p.m. (São cinco da tarde.)
Acompanhe na sequência, a forma inglesa de se falar as horas:
- 10:00 It’s ten o’clock.
- 10:05 It’s ten past nine.
- 10:10 It’s ten past nine.
- 10:15 It’s quarter past ten.
- 10:20 It’s twenty past ten.
- 10:25 It’s twenty-five past ten.
- 10:30 It’s half past ten.
- 10:35 It’s twenty-five to eleven.
- 10:40 It’s twenty to eleven.
- 10:45 It’s quarter to eleven.
- 10:50 It’s ten to eleven
- 10:55 It’s five to eleven.
Já no inglês americano, esse é o jeito (mais simples):
- 7:25 It’s seven twenty-five.
- 11:30 It’s eleven thirty.
- 5:15 it's five fifteen.
