Telling the time in Volapük

How to tell the time in Volapük, a language invented by Johann Martin Schleyer in 1879, and revised by Arie de Jong in 1930.

English	Volapük
What time is it?	Düp kinid binos-li?
It's one o'clock	Binos düp balid
It's quarter past one	Binos foldil pos düp balid
It's half past one	Binos düpalaf pos bal
It's quarter to two	Binos foldil bü tel
It's two o'clock	Binos düp telid
It's quarter past two	Binos foldil pos düp telid
It's half past two	Binos düpalaf pos tel
It's quarter to three	Binos foldil bü kil
It's three o'clock	Binos düp kilid
It's quarter past three	Binos foldil pos düp kilid
It's half past three	Binos düpalaf pos kil
It's quarter to four	Binos foldil bü fol
It's four o'clock	Binos düp folid
It's quarter past four	Binos foldil pos düp folid
It's half past four	Binos düpalaf pos fol
It's quarter to five	Binos foldil bü lul
It's five o'clock	Binos düp lulid
It's quarter past five	Binos foldil pos düp lulid
It's half past five	Binos düpalaf pos lul
It's quarter to six	Binos foldil bü mäl
It's six o'clock	Binos düp mälid
It's quarter past six	Binos foldil pos düp mälid
It's half past six	Binos düpalaf pos mäl
It's quarter to seven	Binos foldil bü vel
It's seven o'clock	Binos düp velid
It's quarter past seven	Binos foldil pos düp velid
It's half past seven	Binos düpalaf pos vel
It's quarter to eight	Binos foldil bü jöl
It's eight o'clock	Binos düp jölid
It's quarter past eight	Binos foldil pos düp jölid
It's half past eight	Binos düpalaf pos jöl
It's quarter to nine	Binos foldil bü zül
It's nine o'clock	Binos düp zülid
It's quarter past nine	Binos foldil pos düp zülid
It's half past nine	Binos düpalaf pos zül
It's quarter to ten	Binos foldil bü deg
It's ten o'clock	Binos düp degid
It's quarter past ten	Binos foldil pos düp degid
It's half past ten	Binos düpalaf pos deg
It's quarter to eleven	Binos foldil bü degbal
It's eleven o'clock	Binos düp degbalid
It's quarter past eleven	Binos foldil pos düp degbalid
It's half past eleven	Binos düpalaf pos degbal
It's quarter to twelve	Binos foldil bü degtel
It's twelve o'clock	Binos düp degtelid
It's quarter past twelve	Binos foldil pos düp degtelid
It's half past twelve	Binos düpalaf pos degtel
It's quarter to twelve	Binos foldil bü bal
midnight	zeneit
midday	zedel
in the morning	göda
in the afternoon	poszedelo
in the evening	soaro
at night	ün neit, neito
time	tim
second	sekun
minute	minut
hour, o'clock	düp
day	del
week	vig
month	mul
year	yel
season	säsun
yesterday	ädel(o)
today	adel(o)
tomorrow	odelo
last night	äneito
tonight	aneito
tomorrow night	oneito
last week	ävigo
last month	ämulo
last year	äyelo
next week	ovigo
next month	omulo
next year	oyelo

Days of the week

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
mudel	tudel	veddel	dödel	fridel	zädel	sudel

Months of the year

January	February	March	April	May	June
yanul	febul	mäzul	prilul	mayul	yunul
July	August	September	October	November	December
yulul	gustul	setul	tobul	novul	dekul

Seasons

Spring	Summer	Autumn	Winter
florüp ("flower time")	hitüp ("heat time")	fluküp ("fruit time")	nifüp ("snow time")

Corrections by Hermann Philipps

Information about telling the time in Volapük
http://www.volapük.com/foms-gramatik.html
http://volapuk.evertype.com/malgranda-gramatiko-de-volapuko.pdf

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