Lesson 9 =0    Time


%ovnov HOUR 
Picovocv MINUTE 
Piiat SECOND
Eccovtwn EXACT
Ecwck BEHIND
Eciwc AHEAD
A2 pe pic3ov   WHAT TIME IS IT?

 


Hours:
=a ov`i one
=b `cnov5 two
=j 2om5 three
=d `4toove four
=e  `tie five
6 coove six
=z 2a24i seven
=3 `2m3ni eight
=0 yi5 nine
=i m35 ten
=ia    metov`i eleven
=ib met`cnov5   twelve
*Note: Hours are Feminine
 
Pic3ov pe =j The Time is 3 (o'clock)
Pic3ov pe =0 The Time is 9 (o'clock)


Minutes:
nem tiov and five (minutes)
nem m3t and ten
nem re4toov and quarter
nem ovfa2i eb3l =e and half (minus) five
nem ovfa2i and a half
nem ovfa2i nem tiov and half (plus) five
eb3l =i minus ten
eb3l =e minus five
qen ovgwk (Exactly)

*Notes: Minutes are Masculine
to make any number into a fractional part, add re


Exercise 9:
See if you can write these times in Coptic
 a2 pe pic3ov         WHAT TIME IS IT?
 

12:00
03:00
07:35
02:20
12:15
08:13
04:55
05:00 (exactly)
11:40
02:49