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=== Telling the time === | === Telling the time === | ||
Times are expressed in a format such as ''Bh 4.30'', representing, in this example, four and a half hour (''garaṇa'') in the afternoon (note that the format is always duodecimal; 4.30 is four hours and thirty-six<sub>10</sub> minutes). Unlike direct naming of hours, telling the time uses, in some forms, the cardinal numeral. | Times are expressed in a format such as ''Bh 4.30'', representing, in this example, four and a half hour (''garaṇa'') in the afternoon (note that the format is always duodecimal; 4.30 is four hours and thirty-six<sub>10</sub> minutes). Unlike direct naming of hours, telling the time uses, in some forms, the cardinal numeral.<br/>Note that in many official uses the 28<sub>12</sub>-hour format is used, so that L 3.13 is written as 23.13 (base 12, i.e. base 10 27:15) instead. | ||
The question for asking the time is either ''yanūḍat garaṇa dam (vi)?'' (*how many hour is it?) or ''garaṇa mæn yananū dam (vi)?'' (talking about the hour, which [one] is it?). | The question for asking the time is either ''yanūḍat garaṇa dam (vi)?'' (*how many hour is it?) or ''garaṇa mæn yananū dam (vi)?'' (talking about the hour, which [one] is it?). | ||