Dutch/What time is it?
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< Dutch
This page may need to be Hoe laat is het? Saying what time it is quite different from in English. You do not use the same rules for saying 8:10 and 8:50, for example. In the following examples, we use times from 8 to 9 o'clock.
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[edit] __:00 / __:15 / __:30 / __:45
Examples:
8:00 - 8 uur 8:15 - kwart over 8 8:30 - half 9 8:45 - kwart voor 9
[edit] __:01 to __:19
Examples:
8:01 - 1 over 8 8:02 - 2 over 8 ... 8:19 - 19 over 8
[edit] __:20
Example:
8:20 - 20 over 8 (not used everywhere), or 10 voor half 9
[edit] __:21 to __:29
Examples:
8:21 - 9 voor half 9 8:22 - 8 voor half 9 ... 8:29 - 1 voor half 9
[edit] __:30
Example:
8:30 - half 9
[edit] __:31 to __:39
Examples:
8:31 - 1 over half 9 8:32 - 2 over half 9 ... 8:39 - 9 over half 9
[edit] __:40
Example:
8:40 - 10 over half 9
[edit] __:41 to __:59
Examples:
8:41 - 19 voor 9 8:42 - 18 voor 9 ... 8:59 - 1 voor 9
[edit] __:00
Example:
9:00 - 9 uur
