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: giugniu, 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 marzu to maggiu
• Summer: il somar, lasting from giugnu to agostu
• Autumn: il aütomnu, lasting from settembre to novembre
• Winter: il ventru, lasting from dicembre to febbraiu

Equinoxes-Solstices

• Spring equinox: aeqinozzio di fromavera
• Summer solstice: solstizio di somari
• Autumn equinox: aeqinozzio di aütomna
• Winter solstice: solstizio di ventra

Relative time

Present

The present (il presente):

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

• Today: oggie

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

Past

The past (il passatu):

• Last hour: giaena hora, faur (before)
• Last day: gestradagu

• Ereyesterday: faurgestradagu

• Last week: giaena vica
• Last month: giaenu mese
• Last year: giaeno giar

Future

The future (il futuru):

• 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 maurginae)

• 00:00 : ist la zephera deï maurginae

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

• 01:00 : ist l’aena deï maurginae
• 02:00 : ist la tva deï maurginae
• 03:00 : ist la þreisa deï maurginae
• 04:00 : ist la fidvora deï maurginae
• 05:00 : ist la fimfa deï maurginae
• 06:00 : ist la sesta deï maurginae
• 07:00 : ist la sia deï maurginae
• 08:00 : ist l’atta deï maurginae
• 09:00 : ist la nia deï maurginae
• 10:00 : ist la zia deï maurginae
• 11:00 : ist la aellefa deï maurginae
• 12:00 : ist la tvelefa deï maurginae

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

• 00:00 : ist la zephera deï natti
• 01:00 : ist l’aena deï natti
• 02:00 : ist la tva deï natti
• 03:00 : ist la þreisa deï natti
• 04:00 : ist la fidvora deï natti
• 05:00 : ist la fimfa deï natti
• 06:00 : ist la sesta deï natti
• 07:00 : ist la sia deï natti
• 08:00 : ist l’atta deï natti
• 09:00 : ist la nia deï natti
• 10:00 : ist la zia deï natti
• 11:00 : ist la aellefa deï natti
• 12:00 : ist la tvelefa deï natti