telling the time

Telling the time in Welsh is pretty simple really - as you'd say 'quarter past three' in English, so you would in Welsh, although you couldn't say 'three fortyfive - that would be 'quarter to four' instead. The only other thing you need to remember is that some vigesimal numbers are used instead of the equivalent decimal number:

12 - 'deuddeg' instead of 'undeg dau'
15 - 'pymtheg' instead of 'undeg pump'
20 - 'ugain' instead of 'dauddeg', (note that it gains an 'h' after 'ar', becoming 'hugain')

3.00	tri o'r gloch
3.05	pum munud wedi tri
3.10	deng munud wedi tri
3.15	chwarter wedi tri
3.20	ugain munud wedi tri
3.25	pum munud ar hugain wedi tri
3.30	hanner awr wedi tri
3.35	pum munud ar hugain ibedwar
3.40	ugain munud i bedwar
3.45	chwarter i bedwar
3.50	deng munud i bedwar
3.55	pum munun i bedwar
4.00	pedwar o'r gloch


second	eiliad
minute	munud
hour	awr
o'clock	o'r gloch
quarter	chwarter
half 	hanner
to	i
past	wedi
yn gwmws	precisely
am	at
tua	at about
erbyn	by
cyn	before
ar ôl	after
o ... tan ... 	from ... till ...
o ... ymlaen	from .... onwards
rhwng ... a ...	between ... and ...
What's the time?	Faint o'r gloch ydy/yw hi?
It's...	Mae'n... (with SM)
It's coming up to ...	Mae'n tynnu at... (with SM)
It's almost	Mae hi bron yn... (with SM)
It's just turned...	Mae hi newydd droi...