"Half hour" katika Kiingereza cha Uingereza

Njia ya kawaida ya kutamka saa kwa Kiingereza wakati ni X:30 ni "half past X". Kwa mfano, 5:30 ni "half past five", 7:30 ni "half past seven" na kadhalika. Bila shaka unaweza pia kusema "five thirty", "seven thirty" na kadhalika.

Hata hivyo, Waingereza wakati mwingine hutumia maneno kama "half five" au "half seven". Haya yanaweza kuwa ya kuchanganya kwa wasemaji wa lugha nyingine, kwa sababu tunaweza kutarajia kwamba neno "half X" linamaanisha "half before X".

Hata hivyo, Waingereza wanaelewa neno hili tofauti. "Half five" ni njia ya kawaida ya kusema "half past five", ambapo neno "past" halitamkwi. Saa inayorejelewa ni saa moja zaidi kuliko inavyoonekana. Ili dhana iwe wazi kabisa, angalia mifano ifuatayo:

half five = half past five = 5:30

half seven = half past seven = 7:30

half ten = half past ten = 10:30

Mifano michache ya lugha hii ya mitaani ya Kiingereza katika sentensi kamili:

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Hii siyo yote! Jisajili ili kuona sehemu iliyobaki ya maandishi haya na kuwa sehemu ya jamii yetu ya wanaojifunza lugha.

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Sehemu iliyobaki ya makala hii inapatikana kwa watumiaji walioingia tu. Kwa kujisajili, utapata ufikiaji wa maktaba kubwa ya maudhui.

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12 "Kutumia 'prefer to' au 'prefer over' katika Kiingereza?"

Maoni

Jakub 52d

Je, una maswali yoyote kuhusu maneno ya wakati katika Kiingereza? Nijulishe kwenye maoni.

Onyesha zaidi au andika maoni

1.	Introduction
2.	“Lie in bed” or “lay in bed”
3.	“Information is” vs. “informations are” – plural or singular
4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
7.	“At school” vs. “in school”
8.	“In office” vs. “in the office” vs. “at the office”
9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
10.	“In the picture” vs. “on the picture”
11.	“Half five”, “half seven”, “half ten” etc. in British English
12.	“Prefer to” or “prefer over”
13.	“Arrive to” vs. “arrive in” vs. “arrive at”
14.	Each other's vs. each others'
15.	Difference between “cemetery” and “graveyard”

1.	Introduction
2.	“Lie in bed” or “lay in bed”
3.	“Information is” vs. “informations are” – plural or singular
4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
7.	“At school” vs. “in school”
8.	“In office” vs. “in the office” vs. “at the office”
9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
10.	“In the picture” vs. “on the picture”
11.	“Half five”, “half seven”, “half ten” etc. in British English
12.	“Prefer to” or “prefer over”
13.	“Arrive to” vs. “arrive in” vs. “arrive at”
14.	Each other's vs. each others'
15.	Difference between “cemetery” and “graveyard”