Grammatik des Lebens - A1 - Die Uhrzeit: Wie spät ist es?
Grammar of Life - A1 - The time - What time is it?
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Die
the
Frage
question
nach
about
der
the
Uhrzeit
time
lautet
is
:
"
Wie
how
spät
late
ist
is
es
it
?
"
oder
or
"
Wie
how
viel
much
Uhr
o'clock
ist
is
es
it
?
"
The question about the time is: "What time is it?" Or "What time is it?"
Die
the
Antwort
answer
darauf
to this
beginnt
begins
mit
with
"
Es
it
ist
is
…
"
.
The answer to this begins with "It is ...".
Wie
how
spät
late
ist
is
es
it
?
-
Es
it
ist
is
acht
eight
Uhr
o'clock
.
What time is it ? - It is eight o'clock.
Wie
how
viel
much
Uhr
o'clock
ist
is
es
it
?
-
Es
it
ist
is
14:00 Uhr
.
What time is it ? - It's 2:00 pm.
Es
it
gibt
gives
im
in the
Deutschen
German
eine
an
offizielle
official
Variante
variant
und
and
mehrere
several
umgangssprachliche
slang
Varianten
variants
der
of the
Uhrzeiten
times
.
There is an official variant in German and several slang variants of the times.
Für
for
die
the
offizielle
official
Uhrzeit
time
wird
will
der
the
Tag
day
in
in
24
24
Stunden
hours
eingeteilt
divided
.
For the official time, the day is divided into 24 hours.
Die
the
Stunden
hours
und
and
die
the
Minuten
minutes
werden
will be
jeweils
in each case
mit
with
zwei
two
Ziffern
digits
geschrieben
written
und
and
mit
with
einem
a
Doppelpunkt
colon
getrennt
separated
:
0
0
8
:
12
Uhr
o'clock
.
The hours and minutes are each written with two digits and separated by a colon: 08:12 am.
Der
the
Tag
day
beginnt
begins
um
at
00:00 Uhr
und
and
endet
ends
um
at
24:00 Uhr
.
The day begins at 0:00 and ends at 24:00.
Im
on
Radio
radio
und
and
Fernsehen
television
wird
will be
die
the
offizielle
official
Variante
variant
der
of the
Uhrzeit
time
verwendet
used
.
The official version of the time is used on radio and television.
Wie
how
spät
late
ist
is
es
it
?
-
Es
it
ist
is
07:15 Uhr
.
What time is it? - It's 7:15 am.
Wie
how
spät
late
ist
is
es
it
?
-
Es
it
ist
is
14:00 Uhr
.
What time is it ? - It's 2:00 p.m.
Wie
how
viel
much
Uhr
o'clock
ist
is
es
it
?
-
Es
it
ist
is
18:45 Uhr
.
What time is it ? - It's 6:45 pm.
Wie
how
viel
much
Uhr
o'clock
ist
is
es
it
?
-
Es
it
ist
is
22:30 Uhr
.
What time is it ? - It's 10:30 pm.
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Grammar of Life - A1 - The time - What time is it?
