THE TIME / AS HORAS
05:00 > What time is it?
It's five o'clock in the morning.
It's 5:00 a.m.
Que horas são?
São cinco da manhã.
07:00 > It's seven o'clock in the morning.
It's 7:00 a.m.
São sete da manhã.
12:00 > It's twelve o'clock.
It's noon.
It's 12:00 noon.
É meio-dia.
04:00 > It's four o'clock in the afternoon.
It's 4:00 p.m.
São quatro da tarde.
07:00 > It's seven o'clock in the evening.
It's 7:00 p.m.
São sete da noite.
12:00 > It's twelve o'clock at night. It's midnight.
It's 12:00 midnight.
É meia-noite.
1. Em inglês, as horas são sempre precedidas de um verbo no singular: It's one o'clock (É uma hora);
It's two o'clock (São duas horas).
2. Os americanos não costumam utilizar a expressão half past (e meia). Tratam as horas como se fossem digitais. Contudo, utilizam a quarter past (e um quarto) e a quarter to (menos um quarto).
3. Não se utiliza oralmente o relógio de 24 horas, excepto no caso de horários de transportes públicos.
4. Para dizer que são 03:00 e não 15:00, podemos usar "three o'clock in the afternoon". 17:30 seria "half past five in the afternoon" e para indicar 23:00 prefere-se "eleven o'clock in the evening".
5. Para diferenciar as horas da manhã e da tarde, utilizamos a.m. (ante meridiem, antes do meio-dia) ou p.m. (post meridiem, após o meio-dia):
Ex: He arrives home at 08:00 a.m. (Ele chega a casa às 8 da manhã); He arrives home at 07:56 p.m.
(Ele chega a casa às 07:56 da noite). Quando se utiliza a.m. ou p.m. não se pode usar o'clock (em ponto).
Ex: He arrives home at three o'clock in the afternoon (He arrives home at 3 pm).
6. PONTUALIDADE: Para indicar que se "chega a tempo”, utiliza-se on time: Lana is never on time (A Lana nunca chega a horas).
It's 3:05 (three-oh-five).
São três e cinco.
São 3 horas e 5 minutos.
05:10 > It's 10 minutes after 5.
It's 5:10 (five-ten).
São cinco e dez.
São 5 horas e 10 minutos.
09:30 > It's 9:30 (nine-thirty).
São nove e meia.
São nove horas e 30 minutos.
It's a quarter to eleven.
It's 10:45.
São onze menos um quarto.
São 10 horas e 45 minutos.
It's a quarter after seven.
It's 7:15.
São sete e um quarto.
São 7 horas e 15 minutos.
It's twenty-five to eleven.
It's 10:35.
São 11 menos 25.
São 10 horas e 35 minutos.
Como dizer as horas em Inglês Britânico e Americano
COM RELÓGIO DE 24 HS.:
10 em ponto
UK: ten o'clock
US: ten o'clock
10 e um quarto
UK: a quarter past ten
US: a quarter after ten
10 e vinte
UK: twenty past ten
US: twenty after ten
10 e meia
UK: half past ten
US: ten thirty
11 menos vinte
UK: twenty to eleven
US: twenty to eleven
11 menos um quarto
UK: a quarter to eleven
US: a quarter to eleven
11 menos cinco
UK: five to eleven
US: five to eleven
COM RELÓGIO DIGITAL:
10:00
UK: 10 a.m.
US: ten a.m.
10:15
UK: 10:15 a.m.
US: ten fifteen a.m.
10:20
UK: 10:20 a.m.
US: ten twenty a.m.
10:30
UK: 10:30 a.m.
US: ten thirty a.m.
10:40
UK: 10:40 a.m.
US: ten forty a.m.
10:45
UK: 10:45 a.m.
US: ten forty-five a.m.
10:55
UK: 10:55 a.m.
US: ten fifty-five a.m.
EXERCÍCIOS DE CONSOLIDAÇAO
Exercise 1
Match the times in words in the first column, with the time numbers in the second column.
1. It’s one o’clock
2. It’s a quarter past two
3. It’s a quarter past three
4. It’s half past four
5. It’s half past five
6. It’s a quarter to six
7. It’s a quarter to seven
8. It’s a quarter to eight
9. It’s eight o’clock
10. It’s a quarter past nine
11. It’s a quarter to ten
It’s 9.15
It’s 6.45
It’s 1.00
It’s 3.15
It’s 2.15
It’s 9.45
It’s 8.00
It’s 5.30
It’s 7.45
It’s 4.30
It’s 5.45
Exercise 2
Write in full sentences: What time is it?
a) 9:03 am It’s three past nine in the morning______________
b) 7:00 pm It’s seven o’clock in the evening_______________
c) 2:45 am ________________________________________
d) 6:30 am ________________________________________
e) 5:00 pm ________________________________________
f) 1:15 pm ________________________________________
g) 11:30 am ________________________________________