Rumus Mengekspresikan Waktu dalam Bahasa Inggris
Berikut adalah beberapa contoh kalimat yang menyatakan waktu dalam bahasa Inggris.
Catatan:
(A) = American System (American English)
(B) = British System (British English)
7.00
(A) It's seven o'clock.
(B) It's seven p.m. / a m.
12.00
(A) It's twelve o'clock.
(B) It's noon / midnight.
3.10
(A) It's three ten.
(B) It's ten (minutes) after three.
7.14
(A) It's seven fourteen.
(B) It's fourteen after seven.
9.15
(A) It's nine fifteen.
(B) It's (a) quarter after nine.
1.21
(A) It's one twenty-one.
(B) It's twenty-one minutes past one.
11.05
(A) It's eleven oh five/eleven five.
(B) It's five after eleven.
2.09
(A) It's two oh nine/two nine.
(B) It's nine minutes past two
6.30
(A) It's six thirty.
(B) It's half past six.
4.50
(A) It's four fifty.
(B) It's ten minutes to five.
10.45
(A) It's ten forty five.
(B) It's quarter to eleven.
8.35
(A) It's eight thirty five.
(B) It's twenty five minutes to nine.
Sebelum siang, biasanya kita mengatakan "in the morning". Sebagai contoh:
7.00
It's seven o'clock in the morning.
Bila setelah siang hari, kita biasanya mengatakan "in the afternoon". Contohnya:
14.00
It's two o'clock in the afternoon.
Bila setelah larut malam, kita biasanya mengatakan "at night".
10.00
It's ten o'clock at night.
Contoh lainnya, kita biasanya mengatakan "quarter past" bila 15 menit telah berlalu.
07.15
It's quarter past seven in the morning.
14.15
It's quarter past two in the afternoon.
22.15
It's quarter past ten at night.
Bila 30 menit atau setengah jam telah berlalu, kita biasanya mengatakan "half past".
07.30
It's half past seven in the morning.
14.30
It's half past two in the afternoon.
22.30
It's half past ten at night.
Bila 45 menit telah berlalu, kita biasanya mengatakan "quarter to".
07.45
It's quarter to eight in the morning.
14.45
It's quarter to three in the afternoon.
22.45
It's quarter to eleven at night.
Cara Menanyakan Waktu dalam Bahasa Inggris
Berikut adalah beberapa contoh kalimat tanya yang menanyakan tentang waktu sekarang dalam bahasa Inggris.
- What time is it? (informal)
- Excuse me. Do you have the time, please?
- Excuse me. Could you tell me the time, please?
- Have you got the time? (informal)
- What is the time? (informal)
Apa itu a.m dan p.m?
a.m (anti meridian) digunakan untuk menerangkan waktu setelah pukul dua belas malam hingga menjelang dua belas siang.
p.m (post meridian) digunakan untuk menerangkan waktu pukul dua belas siang hingga menjelang dua belas malam.
Midnight dan Midday
Midnight (12.00 a.m) digunakan untuk menerangkan waktu tepat pukul dua belas malam.
Midday (12.00 p.m) digunakan untuk menerangkan waktu tepat pukul dua belas siang.
Kosakata (Vocabulary) Tentang Waktu
Berikut adalah beberapa contoh kosakata dalam bahasa Inggris yang menyatakan tentang waktu.
- The time is up/time's up artinya Waktunya sudah habis
- Don't waste the time artinya Jangan buang-buang waktu
- It's a waste of time artinya Hanya buang-buang waktu saja
- Leisure time artinya Waktu senggang
- Anytime artinya Sewaktu-waktu / Kapanpun
- On time artinya Tepat waktu
- Punctually artinya Tepat pada waktunya
- In time artinya Sebelum waktunya
- Manage the time artinya Mengatur / membagi waktu
- It's just a matter of time artinya Hanya masalah waktu saja
- Time will tell artinya Waktu akan membuktikan
- Just now artinya Baru saja / tadi
- Meanwhile artinya Sementara itu
- Forever artinya Selamanya
- At this moment artinya Pada saat ini
- As time goes by artinya Seiring berjalannya waktu
- By and by / Gradually artinya Lambat laun
- Many times artinya Berkali-kali
- Nowadays / Recently artinya Masa sekarang / baru-baru ini
- Sometimes artinya Kadang-kadang
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