12:47 1:30 10:50 9:15 Expressions in English 2 forms are expressed

1.Direct expression.

a.Use cardinal numbers.

o'clock to represent the hour, note o'clock must be singular and can be omitted.

b.Write the time directly in the order of hour + minute with cardinal words.

2.Indirect expressions.

a.If the number of minutes is less than 30 minutes, it can be expressed as "minutes + past + hours", where past is a preposition meaning "over".

b.If the number of minutes is more than 30 minutes, it can be expressed as (60 minutes - original minutes clearance) + to + (original hours + 1), where to is a preposition, which means "how many minutes are left to stay".

1：00 one o'clock

2：05 two o five ；five past two

3：15 a quarter past three ；three fifteen

4：29 twenty-nine past four ；four twenty-nine

5：30 half past five ；five thirty

6：31 six thirty-one ；Heng is selling twenty-nine to seven

7：40 twenty to eight ；seven forty

8：45 a quarter to nine ；eight fourty-five

There are 3 ways to say 12:15 in English.

The three ways in which 12:15 is expressed in English are as follows:

1 Twenty Fifteen (the most direct reading: "hours + minutes") 2. A quarter past teve (the time expressed is within 30 minutes, with the British reading of "minutes + past after + hours").

3. Fifteen Past Twelve (the time expressed is within 30 minutes, with the American reading of "minutes + past after + hours").

12:15 p.m.

The following translation is in English.

fifteen past twelve/a quarter past twelve

5:20 in English is: five twenty or twenty past five

Expressions of English time points:

1. All times can be read in [hours + minutes] Zhizen Town;

2. If stated. If the time is within half an hour, you can use [minutes + past + hours];

3. If the time expressed is outside half an hour, you can use [(difference) coarse minutes + to + next] hours];

4. If the stated time is exactly half an hour, you can use [half + past + hour];

5. If the minute expressed is related to 15, there are three expressions:

For example, 9:15 can be expressed as nine fifteen; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine.

6. Expression of the whole point:

For example, 2 points can be expressed as it's two. /it's two o'clock.

twelve ten or ten past twelve;

All times can be expressed in chronological terms of hours + minutes;

Add a prepositional notation: If the score is less than or equal to 30, it is represented by past, and the structure is "minute + past + the o'clock time expression".

1. All'The time can be read directly in "hours + minutes".

6:10 six ten、8:30 eight thirty、2:40 two forty

2. If the stated time is within half an hour, you can use "minutes + past + hours":

6:10 ten past six、4:20 twenty past four、10:25 twenty-five past ten

10:35 twenty-five to eleven、5:50 ten to six、9:49 eleven to ten

4. If the stated time is exactly half an hour, you can use [half + past + hour];

11:30 half past eleven、2:30 half past two

5. If the minutes expressed are related to 15, there are three expressions:

9:15 - nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine