How to tell the time in Scots (Scots Leid), a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
English | Scots |
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What time is it? | Whit time is it? Whit's the time noo? |
It's one o'clock | It's wan |
It's quarter past one | It's a quarter efter wan |
It's half past one | It's hauf-wan |
It's quarter to two | It's a quarter tae twa |
It's two o'clock | It's twa |
It's quarter past two | It's a quarter efter twa |
It's half past two | It's hauf-twa |
It's quarter to three | It's a quarter tae three |
It's three o'clock | It's three |
It's quarter past three | It's a quarter efter three |
It's half past three | It's hauf-three |
It's quarter to four | It's a quarter tae fower |
It's four o'clock | It's fower |
It's quarter past four | It's a quarter efter fower |
It's half past four | It's hauf-fower |
It's quarter to five | It's a quarter tae five |
It's five o'clock | It's five |
It's quarter past five | It's a quarter efter five |
It's half past five | It's hauf-five |
It's quarter to six | It's a quarter tae sax |
It's six o'clock | It's saz |
It's quarter past six | It's a quarter efter sax |
It's half past six | It's hauf-sax |
It's quarter to seven | It's a quarter tae seiven |
It's seven o'clock | It's seiven |
It's quarter past seven | It's a quarter efter seiven |
It's half past seven | It's hauf-seiven |
It's quarter to eight | It's a quarter tae echt |
It's eight o'clock | It's echt |
It's quarter past eight | It's a quarter efter echt |
It's half past eight | It's hauf-echt |
It's quarter to nine | It's a quarter tae nine |
It's nine o'clock | It's nine |
It's quarter past nine | It's a quarter efter nine |
It's half past nine | It's hauf-nine |
It's quarter to ten | It's a quarter tae ten |
It's ten o'clock | It's ten |
It's quarter past ten | It's a quarter efter ten |
It's half past ten | It's hauf-ten |
It's quarter to eleven | It's a quarter tae eleivin |
It's eleven o'clock | It's eleivin |
It's quarter past eleven | It's a quarter efter eleivin |
It's half past eleven | It's hauf-eleivin |
It's quarter to twelve | It's a quarter tae twal |
It's twelve o'clock | It's twal |
It's quarter past twelve | It's a quarter efter twal |
It's half past twelve | It's hauf-twal |
It's quarter to one | It's a quarter tae wan |
It's midnight | It's midnicht / the deid oor o nicht |
It's midday / noon | It's twaloors / nuin |
in the morning | in the mornin |
in the early morning | in the wee-oors / smaw oors |
in the late morning | in the forenuin |
in the afternoon | in the efernuin |
in the evening | in the evenin / forenicht, at e'en |
In traditional Scots hauf-twa meant half past one, and hauf-three meant half past two - like in other Germanic languages, except English. Modern Scots follows the English system.
This information comes from the from L Colin Wilson's Luath Scots Language Learner, which focuses particularly on the Scots of North East Scotland, or Doric. There are other dialects of Scots, and other ways of writing Scots.
Information about numbers and time in Scots
https://www.scotslanguage.com/Numbers_and_Time
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