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Het is al na/over drieën, vijven etc.<br />

It is already past three, five etc.<br />

Het was intussen bij zessen.<br />

It was six o’clock by then.<br />

tegen achten<br />

at about eight<br />

kort na achten<br />

just after eight<br />

14.8.1.3<br />

Remember that een kwartier in itself means ‘a quarter of an hour’:<br />

Ik heb een kwartier gewacht.<br />

I waited for a quarter of an hour.<br />

drie kwartier<br />

three quarters of an hour<br />

vijf kwartier, but also een uur en een kwartier<br />

one and a quarter hours<br />

14.8.1.4<br />

‘A.m.’ and ‘p.m.’ are rendered by v.m. and n.m., abbreviations of (des)<br />

voormiddag(s) and (des) namiddag(s). They are too formal for the spoken<br />

language, however. In natural speech one would say om zes uur ’s morgens/’s<br />

ochtends/’s avonds, om één uur ’s nachts/in de nacht, depending on the<br />

time of day.<br />

14.8.1.5<br />

Mijn horloge loopt voor/achter/goed.<br />

My watch is fast/slow/correct.<br />

Ik heb het vier uur.<br />

My watch says four o’clock/It’s four by me.<br />

14.8.1.6<br />

Note that keer, kwartier, jaar and uur (all neuter nouns and perchance all<br />

ending in ‘r’) are not used in the plural after numerals or after een paar<br />

Time<br />

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