Luthic/Time

Measurements

Day

The day (il dagu) consists of 24 hours (vintafidvor horae), being separeted in parts:

• 00:00 – 06:20: the dawn (l’alba)
• 06:20 – 13:00: the morning (il maurginu)
• 13:00 – 18:20: the high day (l’altodagu) or simply the day (il dagu)
• 18:20 – 00:00: the night (il nattu)

Week

The week (la vica) consists of 7 days (siu dagi), each having its own name:

• Sunday: Informally called il sonnodagu, formally called la domenica
• Monday: Informally called il menanodagu, formally called il lunadagu
• Tuesday: Informally called il teivodagu, formally called il martedagu
• Wednesday: Informally called il vodnodagu, formally called il mercoledagu
• Thursday: Informally called il þondrodagu, formally called il giovedagu
• Friday: Informally called il fregiadagu, formally called il veneredagu
• Saturday: Informally called il satornodagu, formally called ata sabbato

Months of the Year

The month (il mese) consists of approximately 4 weeks (fidvor vicae). A year (aino giar) has 12 months (tvelefe mesi), each with its own name:

• January: gennaiu, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)
• February: febbraiu, it has 28 days (vinta·ahtau dagi)
• March: marzu, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)
• April: aprile, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• May: maggiu, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)
• June: giugnu, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• July: giugliu, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)
• August: agostu, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)
• September: settembre, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• October: ottobre, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)
• November: novembre, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• December: dicembre, it has 31 days (trinta·ainu dagi)

Season

The year (ata giar) also has 4 seasons (fidvor stagioni), each has its own name:

• Spring: la fromavera, lasting from marzo to magġio
• Summer: il somar, lasting from giuġno to agosto
• Autumn: il aütomno, lasting from settembre to novembre
• Winter: il ventro, lasting from dicembre to febbraïo

Equinoxes-Solstices

• Spring equinox: aiqinozziȯ di fromaverȧ
• Summer solstice: solstiziȯ di somari
• Autumn equinox: aiqinozziȯ di aütomnȧ
• Winter solstice: solstiziȯ di ventrȧ

Relative time

Present

The present (il presente):

• This hour: sa hora, nu (now)
• This day: so dago

• Today: hogġie

• This week: sa vica
• This month: so mese
• This year: þata giar

Past

The past (il passato):

• Last hour: giaina hora, faur (before)
• Last day: gestradago

• Ereyesterday: faurgestradago

• Last week: giaina vica
• Last month: giaino mese
• Last year: giainȯ giar

Future

The future (il futuro):

• Next hour: segguente hora
• Next day: domane

• Overmorrow: dopodomane

• Next week: segguente vica
• Next month: segguente mese
• Next year: segguente giar

Telling the time

Minute

A minute (aino minuto) consists of 60 seconds (sessanta secondi):

• I fidvor integri: a unit that stands for 15 minutes, often reduced to just i fidvor, plurale tantum
• Il mezzo: a unit that stands for 30 minutes, singulare tantum

Hour

An hour (aina hora) consists of 60 minutes (sessanta minuti), each hour has its own name deriving from a numeral stem:

• From 00:00 to 12:00 : AM (hora deï maurginai)

• 00:00 : ist la zephera deï maurginai

• 00:15 : ist la zephera ed i fidvor (integri) deï maurginai
• 00:30 : ist la zephera ed il mezzo deï maurginai

• 01:00 : ist l’aina deï maurginai
• 02:00 : ist la tva deï maurginai
• 03:00 : ist la þreisa deï maurginai
• 04:00 : ist la fidvora deï maurginai
• 05:00 : ist la fimfa deï maurginai
• 06:00 : ist la sesta deï maurginai
• 07:00 : ist la sia deï maurginai
• 08:00 : ist l’ahta deï maurginai
• 09:00 : ist la nia deï maurginai
• 10:00 : ist la zia deï maurginai
• 11:00 : ist la aillefa deï maurginai
• 12:00 : ist la tvelefa deï maurginai

• From 12:00 to 23:59 : PM (hora deï nattai)

• 00:00 : ist la zephera deï nattai
• 01:00 : ist l’aina deï nattai
• 02:00 : ist la tva deï nattai
• 03:00 : ist la þreisa deï nattai
• 04:00 : ist la fidvora deï nattai
• 05:00 : ist la fimfa deï nattai
• 06:00 : ist la sesta deï nattai
• 07:00 : ist la sia deï nattai
• 08:00 : ist l’ahta deï nattai
• 09:00 : ist la nia deï nattai
• 10:00 : ist la zia deï nattai
• 11:00 : ist la aillefa deï nattai
• 12:00 : ist la tvelefa deï nattai