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Writing time and date in Bulgarian phrasebook
Writing time and date in Bulgarian phrasebook
Bulgarian uses 'military' time, as is standard in European countries, often with a period instead of colon and with 'ч.' [for 'chahSUH', 'hour'] following (i.e. 1:00 p.m. is 13.00 ч., 9:47 a.m. is 09.47 ч.) In writing or when speaking of official times, such as concerts, plays or transportation, the 24-hour clock is always used, in speech the 12-hour clock is sometimes used when there is little possibility for misunderstanding.
Clock time is a bit beyond the scope of a phrasebook in complexity for most languages, but in Bulgarian, the minutes can be referred to in half-hours or specific minutes. In addition, constructions such as "a quarter to six" are used (literally "6 minus 15").
The 'T' in 'chah-SUHT' (o'clock часът) may only be pronounced if it is the beginning of the sentence, and usually not then unless the speaker is trying to be especially official. The 'V' meaning 'in [time]' or 'at [o'clock]' is usually pronounced 'F' before vowels and if there is difficulty or confusion is pronounced with an extra syllable like 'vuhf' or 'vuv' (depending on the following letter). This is displayed in the examples below.
time�
време (VREH-meh) [n.b. also means 'weather']
morning�
сутрин (SOO-treen)
a.m./in the morning�
сутринта (soo-treen-TAH)
mid-day/noon�
обед (OH-beht) more vague than in English; approximately 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
afternoon�
следобед (sleh-DOH-beht) after 2:00 p.m.
evening�
вечер (VEH-chehr) starting around 5:00 p.m.
p.m./in the evening�
вечерта (veh-chehr-TAH)
night�
нощ (nohsht) after 10:00 p.m. but going until around 2:00 a.m. (literally 2 in the morning is expressed '2 in the night')
at night�
през нощта (prehz nohsht-TAH)
What time is it?�
Кoлко e чacът? (KOHL-koh eh chah-SUH?)
The time is ...�
Часът е ... (chah-SUH eh ...)
[It's] ... in the morning/afternoon.�
... чacът сутринта/следобед. (... cha-SUH soo-treen-TAH/slehd-O-beht)
At 8
00 a.m. [in the morning]�: В 08.00 ч. [сутринта] (FOH-sehm chah-SUH [soo-treen-TAH])
At 5
45 p.m. [in the afternoon]�: В 17.45 ч./В 05:45 следобед (vuhf seh-dem-NIGH-seh ee cheh-tee-rees ee peht chah-SUH or vuhf PEHT/FPEHT ee cheh-TEE-rees ee peht sled-OH-beht)
At a quarter to 8 p.m.�
В осем без петнайсет вечерта(FOH-sehm behz peht-NIGH-seht veh-chehr-TAH)
At a 7
45 p.m.�: В седем и четирисет и пет без четвърт вечерта (vuf SEH-dehm ee cheh-tee-rees ee peht veh-chehr-TAH)
At a quarter past 09
00 [a.m.]�: В 09.15 ч./В девет и четвърт (vuhv DEH-veht ee cheht-VUHRT)
At 13
30 [1:30 p.m.]�: В 13.30/В тринайсет и половина (ftree-NIGH-seht ee poh-loh-VEE-nah)
The train departs at 11
17 [a.m.]�: Влакът заминава в 11.17 [единайсет и седемнайсет (минути)] (VLAH-kuht zah-mee-NAH-vah feh-dee-NIGH-seht ee seh-dehm-NIGH-set [mee-NOO-tee])
second/s�
секунда/и (seh-KOOND-ah/ee)
minute/s�
минута/минути (mee-NOO-tah/mee-NOO-tee)
hour/s�
час/часа (chahss/CHAH-suh)
o'clock�
часът (chah-SUH[T])
day/s�
ден/дена (dehn/deh-nuh)
week/s�
седмица/седмици (SEHD-mee-tsah/SEHD-mee-tsee)
month/s�
месец/а (MEH-sets/ah)
year/s�
година/години (goh-DEE-nah/goh-DEE-nee)
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