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Telling the time
As you can see below the Danes make use of the 24 hour system.
| Da | En | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asking | |||||
| Hvad er klokken? | What time is it? | ||||
| Answering | |||||
| 14:00 | Klokken er to | It is two o'clock | |||
| or | |||||
| 14.00 | Den er to | It is two | |||
| Quarters and halves | |||||
| 17.15 | Den er kvart over fem | It's a quarter past five | |||
| 16.45 | Den er kvart i fem | It's a quarter to five | |||
| 15.30 | Den er halv fire | It's half past three | |||
| The minutes | |||||
| 16.05 | Den er fem minutter over fire | It's five minutes past four | |||
| 18.50 | Den er ti minutter i syv | It's ten minutes to seven | |||
| more informal | |||||
| Other times of day | |||||
| Det er midnat | It is midnight | ||||
| Det er frokosttid | It is lunch time | ||||
| Det er kaffetid(!) | It is time for coffee(!) | ||||
| Det er morgen | It is morning | ||||
| Det er aften | It is evening | ||||
| Dinner Time! | |||||
| Aftensmad! | Dinner time! | ||||
| When calling the family together for dinner | |||||