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Lesson 9: Telling the time in Malay

More practice in telling the time.....

To avoid any possible misunderstanding in interpreting the time, the 24-hour time is shown here. But in spoken Malay you are expected to use the 12-hour time and say pagi, tengah hari, petang or malam after it depending on whether it is morning, afternoon, evening or night. By the way the word sekarang (meaning now) can also be put at the beginning or at the end of the question so Sekarang pukul berapa di London? and Pukul berapa di London sekarang? are equally correct.

This is a running clock. It will update the time every second. If you prefer a fixed clock (more practical for students struggling to say the time in Malay) go to the block in yellow below.


The times below will stay fixed. This is more practical for students because by the time you come up with the correct answer, the time might have changed!
In your answer remember to use the 12-hour time and say pagi, tengah hari, petang or malam after it depending on whether it is morning, afternoon, evening or night.

It is now 08:57 (Tuesday) in Nepal (France +4 3/4 hours)
Pukul berapa sekarang di Nepal?
Sekarang pukul 08:57 di Nepal

It is now 11:12 (Tuesday) in Malaysia (France +7 hours)
Pukul berapa sekarang di Malaysia?
Sekarang pukul 11:12 di Malaysia

It is now 08:42 (Tuesday) in India (France +4.5 hours)
Pukul berapa sekarang di India?
Sekarang pukul 08:42 di India

NOTE: By the way if the time shown above is incorrect, it can even be a good thing as you will be able to take the opportunity to practise saying Tidak benar, jam itu tidak betul. Sebenarnya pukul _____ sekarang di ________!
I don't think I have mentioned it before. Sebenarnya... means "Actually...".

..... and the day of the week

A quick revision: hari Ahad (Sunday), Isnin (Monday), Selasa (Tuesday), Rabu (Wednesday), Khamis (Thursday), Jumaat (Friday), Sabtu (Saturday)

Fill in the day of the week below with its Malay equivalent:

It is Tuesday in Malaysia
Hari apa di Malaysia?
Hari _______ di Malaysia

It is Monday in New York
Hari apa di New York?
Hari _______ di New York

It is Tuesday in London
Hari apa di London?
Hari _______ di London

It is Tuesday in India
Hari apa di India?
Hari _______ di India

..... and 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow'

Practices in using Kelmarin and Esok

Note: Some states in Malaysia use kelmarin while others use semalam for "yesterday". If semalam is used in the state where you are, replace kelmarin below with semalam.
Note that the verb "to be" (is, was, will be) is not needed in the Malay sentences below.

Today (is) Tuesday in France = Hari ini hari Selasa di Perancis
Yesterday (was) Monday in France = Kelmarin hari Isnin di Perancis
Tomorrow (will be) Wednesday in France = Esok hari Rabu di Perancis

Today (is) Tuesday in London = Hari ini hari Selasa di London
From the above sentence make the following deductions:
Kelmarin hari __________
Esok hari __________

Today (is) Monday in New York = Hari ini hari Isnin di New York
Kelmarin hari __________
Esok hari __________

Today (is) Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur = Hari ini hari Selasa di Kuala Lumpur
Kelmarin hari __________
Esok hari __________

Today (is) Tuesday in New Delhi = Hari ini hari Selasa di New Delhi
Kelmarin hari __________
Esok hari __________


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