Time in Afrikaans

How to tell the time in Afrikaans, a West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia.

English	Afrikaans
What time is it?	Hoe laat is dit?
It's one o'clock	Dit is eenuur
It's quarter past one	Dit is kwart oor een
It's half past one	Dit is half twee
It's quarter to two	Dit is kwart voor twee
It's two o'clock	Dit is tweeuur
It's quarter past two	Dit is kwart oor twee
It's half past two	Dit is half drie
It's quarter to three	Dit is kwart voor drie
It's three o'clock	Dit is drieuur
It's quarter past three	Dit is kwart oor drie
It's half past three	Dit is half vier
It's quarter to four	Dit is kwart voor vier
It's four o'clock	Dit is vieruur
It's quarter past four	Dit is kwart oor vier
It's half past four	Dit is half vyf
It's quarter to five	Dit is kwart voor vyf
It's five o'clock	Dit is vyfuur
It's quarter past five	Dit is kwart oor vyf
It's half past five	Dit is half ses
It's quarter to six	Dit is kwart voor ses
It's six o'clock	Dit is seuur
It's quarter past six	Dit is kwart oor ses
It's half past six	Dit is half sewe
It's quarter to seven	Dit is kwart voor sewe
It's seven o'clock	Dit is seweuur
It's quarter past seven	Dit is kwart oor sewe
It's half past seven	Dit is half ag(t)
It's quarter to eight	Dit is kwart voor ag(t)
It's eight o'clock	Dit is agtuur
It's quarter past eight	Dit is kwart oor ag(t)
It's half past eight	Dit is half nege
It's quarter to nine	Dit is kwart voor nege
It's nine o'clock	Dit is negeuur
It's quarter past nine	Dit is kwart oor nege
It's half past nine	Dit is half tien
It's quarter to ten	Dit is kwart voor tien
It's ten o'clock	Dit is tienuur
It's quarter past ten	Dit is kwart oor tien
It's half past ten	Dit is half elf
It's quarter to eleven	Dit is kart voor elf
It's eleven o'clock	Dit is elfuur
It's quarter past eleven	Dit is kwart oor elf
It's half past eleven	Dit is half twaalf
It's quarter to twelve	Dit is kwart voor twaalf
It's twelve o'clock	Dit is twaalfuur
It's quarter past twelve	Dit is kwart oor twaalf namiddag
It's half past twelve	Dit is half een namiddag
It's quarter to one	Dit is kwart voor een namiddag
it's midnight	Dit is middernag
it's midday	Dit is middag
in the morning	In die môre / in die voormiddag
in the afternoon	In die namiddag
in the evening	In die aand

NB: in Afrikaans agt is old fashioned - ag is more common

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