Jam Berapa?

​​On the hour

Half Past

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Quarter Past

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Quarter to

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Indonesians use 24 hour time like we do in the military. This means that you will need the numbers 1-24 for the hours.

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​Numbers

6 - Enam

7 - Tujuh

8 - Delapan

9 - Sembilan​

1 - Satu

2 - Dua

3 - Tiga

4 - Empat

5 - Lima​

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Jam can also mean 'hour/s'.

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Satu jam = 1 hour

Empat jam = 4 hours​

Hour

We start all times with the word 'Jam'.

​Jam delapan = Eight O'clock

Jam setengah empat = Three thirty​

​Time/O'clock

JAM​​

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Time/hour/

O'clock

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​SETENGAH

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Half to

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​LEWAT SEPEREMPAT

Quarter past

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KURANG SEPEREMPAT

​Quarter to

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You add the word 'Jam' before the number. You can also mention the time of day.

​2pm = Jam dua siang​

Also Jam empat belas​

​O'clock times

14:00​

In Indonesian we say 'half to three'.

In English we would say 'half past two' or 'two thirty'.​

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2:30 = Jam setengah tiga

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​Half to

To say a quarter past time, we start with the hour, in this case, Jam dua, then we say 'lewat seperempat' (add a quarter).

2:15 = Jam dua lewat seperempat​

Quarter past

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To say a quarter to time, we start with the next hour, in this case, Jam sembilan, then we say 'kurang seperempat' (minus a quarter).

8.45 = Jam sembilan kurang seperempat​

​​Quater to

​Pada jam tiga.

What time?​

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You can use this to ask what time something will happen.​

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​Jam berapa?

At three o'clock.​

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We use PADA to mean, in/at/on for time. ​

Not Yet

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Saya belum makan.

(I haven't eaten yet)

​Belum

Already

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Kamu sudah​ makan?

(Have you already eaten)

​Sudah

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​We always answer a 'sudah question with 'sudah or belum. If you answer 'tidak' it means that you will never, ever do that thing.

​Jam Berapa Sekarang

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