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Please be sure to have read/understood/learned my previous part or already have the knowledge of the basics in telling time.
Previous part: learningjapanese.deviantart.co… (link also in description)

We've already learned how to say the hours and minutes as well as state that "now" is the time. This part will explain AM/PM and half past.

Let's start with the easiest, AM/PM.

There are two different ways in expressing AM/PM, both in English and many other languages and one is stating that it is AM/PM and the other is counting in, what is commonly referred to as, military time. (Which is the full 24 hours and not two sets of 12.)

An example in English (for those who don't know how it works):
Instead of saying it is 3 o'clock PM, you could say it is 15 o'clock.
It works the same way in Japanese, though it isn't as common (as is in English) to use this method.
In Japanese, the above example would be:
じゅうごじ (juugoji) 15 o'clock

What is more used/heard is AM/PM. Unlike in English where we state it after the number (3 o'clock PM, 11 o'clock AM, etc.), the Japanese actually state it before.

ごぜん (Gozen) = AM
ごご (Gogo) = PM

So, just combine what you already know but throw the appropriate adverb in front.

いま、ごぜんじゅういちじです。
Ima, gozen juuichiji desu.
Now, it is 11 o'clock AM.

-HALF PAST-

We learned how to say 6:30 in the previous part.
ろくじさんじゅっぷん
Rokuji sanjuppun

But instead of saying "sanjuppun", we can replace it with another term, "half". The word "half" in Japanese is "han". Using "han" with times can translate to English both as "half past" as well as "thirty" as it's the same thing.

So, let's take the example above.
6:30
ろくじはん
Rokuji han
It means the same thing, but is a lot shorter and easier to say.

4:30 = よじはん (yoji han)
12:30 = じゅうにじはん (juuniji han)

Let's try combining all that we learned from this and the previous part:
It's now 8:30 PM.
Go ahead and try it yourself first...

...

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いま、ごごはちじはんです。
Ima, gogo hachiji han desu.

Just to note, you can use a comma (,) OR the subject marker wa (は/ha) after "ima" and it would be correct as well.

Go ahead and look at the time and try it on your own Or you can try what I give you below:

4:30 AM, 1:28 PM, 9:30 PM, etc.

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Please be sure to have read/understood/learned my previous part or already have the knowledge of the basics in telling time.
Previous part: learningjapanese.deviantart.co… (link also in description)

We've already learned how to say the hours and minutes as well as state that "now" is the time. This part will explain AM/PM and half past.

Let's start with the easiest, AM/PM.

There are two different ways in expressing AM/PM, both in English and many other languages and one is stating that it is AM/PM and the other is counting in, what is commonly referred to as, military time. (Which is the full 24 hours and not two sets of 12.)

An example in English (for those who don't know how it works):
Instead of saying it is 3 o'clock PM, you could say it is 15 o'clock.
It works the same way in Japanese, though it isn't as common (as is in English) to use this method.
In Japanese, the above example would be:
じゅうごじ (juugoji) 15 o'clock

What is more used/heard is AM/PM. Unlike in English where we state it after the number (3 o'clock PM, 11 o'clock AM, etc.), the Japanese actually state it before.

ごぜん (Gozen) = AM
ごご (Gogo) = PM

So, just combine what you already know but throw the appropriate adverb in front.

いま、ごぜんじゅういちじです。
Ima, gozen juuichiji desu.
Now, it is 11 o'clock AM.

-HALF PAST-

We learned how to say 6:30 in the previous part.
ろくじさんじゅっぷん
Rokuji sanjuppun

But instead of saying "sanjuppun", we can replace it with another term, "half". The word "half" in Japanese is "han". Using "han" with times can translate to English both as "half past" as well as "thirty" as it's the same thing.

So, let's take the example above.
6:30
ろくじはん
Rokuji han
It means the same thing, but is a lot shorter and easier to say.

4:30 = よじはん (yoji han)
12:30 = じゅうにじはん (juuniji han)

Let's try combining all that we learned from this and the previous part:
It's now 8:30 PM.
Go ahead and try it yourself first...

...

...

いま、ごごはちじはんです。
Ima, gogo hachiji han desu.

Just to note, you can use a comma (,) OR the subject marker wa (は/ha) after "ima" and it would be correct as well.

Go ahead and look at the time and try it on your own Or you can try what I give you below:

4:30 AM, 1:28 PM, 9:30 PM, etc.