| %ovnov | HOUR |
| Picovocv | MINUTE |
| Piiat | SECOND |
| Eccovtwn | EXACT |
| Ecwck | BEHIND |
| Eciwc | AHEAD |
| A2 pe pic3ov | WHAT TIME IS IT? |
| =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 |
| Pic3ov pe =j | The Time is 3 (o'clock) |
| Pic3ov pe =0 | The Time is 9 (o'clock) |
| 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