2. Time Travel With somebody who looks like Mr Angry Cloud-Ghost

3. Hello, you! It is time for you to learn how to say the time... I am so funny...

4. You already know how to say the time in English

5. My glasses!!

6. In English first you say the minutes: “It is twenty minutes past...”

7. ... and then you say the hours: “It is twenty minutes past twelve”

8. But things in Chinese work differently.

9. So, in Chinese firstly we often give the hours: “ 十二点...”

10. And then the minutes: “ 十二点二十分 ”

11. If it is a half past, we say: “ 半 ”, like in “ 十二点半 ”

12. Or you can say : “ 十二点三十 ”

13. Can you remember how to say “half past” in Chinese?

14. Of course you can’t!

15. It is “ 半 ” and you need to pay more attention!!

16. If it is a quarter past, in Chinese we say: “ 一刻 ”, like in “ 十二点一刻 ”

17. Or you can say “ 十五分 ”

18. Can you remember how to say “fifteen” in Chinese?

19. I don’t believe you!!! I think you are lying!!!

20. It is “ 十五 ” and you still need to pay more attention!!

21. But what about when it is “a quarter to”, not “a quarter past”?

22. Difficult question, isn’t it?

23. We need to say: “ 差 ”, like in “ 差一刻十二点 ”

24. So, can you tell me (of course you can’t) how we say “it is twenty five minutes to twelve” in Chinese?

25. You are wrong, it is “ 差二十五 分十二点 ”, HA! HA!

26. Before we say the hours we usually say “ 现在 ”

28. So, when we say minutes, we say “ 分钟 ”

29. So, when we say o’clock, we say “ 点钟 ”

30. For half past: “ 半 ” For a quarter past: “ 一刻 ”

31. But for a quarter to: “ 差一刻 ”

32. I’m sure you can remember all that. The next mystery is my identity. Mwahahahaha… Sigh.