Zahlen, Uhrzeit, Tage (Numbers, time, days)
Numbers, telling the time, days and months.
12 minutes · A free lesson from A1: Erste Schritte (first steps) · Roman and Urdu pronunciation guides and English meanings are shown under each phrase
Numbers
Telling the time (informal): Es ist drei Uhr (3:00) · Viertel nach drei (3:15) · halb vier (3:30!) · Viertel vor vier (3:45).
| Es ist drei Uhr | Say ehsist drai oor | اےسِست درائی اُور | Means: It is three o'clock |
| Viertel nach drei | Say feertuhl naakh drai | فیرتَل ناخ درائی | Means: quarter past three (3:15) |
| halb vier | Say halp feer | ہالپ فیر | Means: half past three (3:30) |
| Viertel vor vier | Say feertuhl for feer | فیرتَل فور فیر | Means: quarter to four (3:45) |
Quick check: "Es ist halb acht." What time is it?Say: ehsist halp akhtاےسِست ہالپ اخت
- 8:30
- 7:30
- 8:15
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B: 7:30
Days
Lesson quiz
Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Quick check: What number is “einundzwanzig”?
- 12
- 20
- 21
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C: 21 — German puts the ones first: one-and-twenty, 21.
Quick check: What time is “Viertel vor vier”?
- 3:45
- 4:15
- 4:45
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A: 3:45 — Viertel vor vier is a quarter to four. Viertel nach drei is 3:15.
Quick check: What time is “halb vier”?
- 4:30
- 3:30
- 3:45
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B: 3:30 — halb vier is half way to four: 3:30.
Quick check: Which word is Saturday?
- Sonntag
- Samstag
- Dienstag
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B: Samstag — Samstag is Saturday, Sonntag is Sunday and Dienstag is Tuesday.