Telling the Time
Es una ora for one o'clock; son doas oras and son tres oras for the other hours.
How It Works
| Time | Occitan |
|---|---|
| 1:00 | Es una ora. |
| 2:00 | Son doas oras. |
| 3:00 | Son tres oras. |
| 4:00 | Son quatre oras. |
| 12:00 | Son dotze oras. |
The verb agrees with the hour: singular es for one o'clock and plural son for the others. Ora is feminine, so it takes una and doas: doas oras, never dos oras. The other numbers do not change.
This pattern gives the time now. To say that something happens at a certain time, ask A quina ora?, which you learn later, together with the quarter and half hours.
Examples (4)
- Es una ora ara.
It is one o'clock now.
One hour takes es.
- Son doas oras.
It is two o'clock.
Doas agrees with the feminine oras.
- Son quatre oras.
It is four o'clock.
More than one hour takes son.
- Quina ora es?
What time is it?
The question for the time.
Common Mistakes
Using the singular es with several hours.
Es doas oras.Son doas oras.More than one hour takes the plural son.
Using the masculine dos with ora.
Son dos oras.Son doas oras.Ora is feminine, so two is doas.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Telling the time uses una and doas with es and son, so those come first.
Related Patterns
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