GermanA1Lesson 5.1
🇩🇪 German A1 · Lesson 5.1

Wie spät ist es? — Telling the time

Ask and tell the time, and the days of the week.

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A quick exchange about meeting times.

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Wie spät ist es?What time is it? 🔊
Es ist ein UhrIt's one o'clock 🔊
Es ist zwei UhrIt's two o'clock 🔊
halbhalf (to the next hour) 🔊
der MontagMonday 🔊
das Wochenendethe weekend 🔊

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« Es ist halb vier. » 🔊
It's half past three.
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Pronunciation

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Wie spät ist es? 🔊What time is it?
Es ist halb vier. 🔊It's half past three (lit. half to four).
Wann ist der Kurs? 🔊When is the class?
Um vier Uhr, am Montag. 🔊At four o'clock, on Monday.
Grammar in focus · halb counts forward

In German, « halb vier » means half PAST three — half on the way to four. Watch this: « halb » + the NEXT hour.

Write it yourself

Write your timetable for one day: two activities and the time of each.

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Tip for this task
Gut! Remember « halb vier » = 3:30 (half to four).

Quick check

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1. “It's two o'clock” is…
2. « halb vier » means…
3. « der Montag » is…
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