Unit 5: Part 3 - Time

Question 1

Hour / clock

Answer 1

Na-yi

Question 2

Minute

Answer 2

Mi-niq

Question 3

4 o’clock

Answer 3

Le-na-yi

Question 4

9 o’clock

Answer 4

Ko-na-yi

Question 5

1 o’clock

Answer 5

T’na-yi

Question 6

12 o’clock

Answer 6

Seh-hna-na-yi

Question 7

11 o’clock

Answer 7

Seh-t’na-yi

Question 8

5 minutes

Answer 8

Nga mi-niq

Question 9

20 minutes

Answer 9

Mi-niq hnas’eh

Question 10

40 minutes

Answer 10

Mi-niq le-zeh

Question 11

9:15

Answer 11

Ko-na-yi seh-nga mi-niq

Question 12

10:30

Answer 12

Seh-na-yi mi-niq thoun seh

Question 13

2:11

Answer 13

Hna-na-yi seh-t’mi-niq

Question 14

Shortened way to say half past

Answer 14

-gweh/kweh

Question 15

6:30 shortened version

Answer 15

C’auq-na-yi-gweh

Question 16

To come

Answer 16

La-deh

Question 17

To wait

Answer 17

Saun-ne-deh

Question 18

Please come at 8

Answer 18

Shin-na-yi hma la ba

Hma is optional - means at/in - same as Di-hma etc. With time, people often leave out

Question 19

Please come at 7:40

Answer 19

Kun-n-na-yi mi-niq le-zeh hma la ba

Question 20

What time should I come?

Answer 20

Beh ac’ein la ya maleh?

Question 21

I’ll wait here

Answer 21

Di-hma saun ne meh

Question 22

I’ll wait here at 6 o’clock

Answer 22

C’auq na-yi hma Di-hma saun ne meh

Question 23

Please wait here

Answer 23

Di-hma saun ne ba

Question 24

Please wait here at 2:30

Answer 24

Hna-na-yi-gweh hma Di hma saun ne ba

Question 25

Please wait at the British embassy

Answer 25

Bri-tish than youn hma saun ne ba