Luthic/Time
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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 vintru, 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