What's the time ? Koliko je sati ?
11.00 Tačno (je) jedanaest sati. Jedanaest je sati.
12.05 Dvanaest i pet. Dvanaest i pet minuta.
01.10 Jedan i deset.
02.15 Dva i petnaest.
03.20 Tri i dvadeset.
04.25 Četiri i dvadeset pet.
05.28 Pet i dvadeset osam.
06.30 Šest i trideset. Pola sedam.
07.35 Sedam i trideset pet. Dvadeset pet do osam.
08.37 Osam i trideset sedam. Dvadeset tri do devet.
09.40 Devet i četrdeset. Dvadeset do deset.
10.45 Petnaest do jedanaest.
10.50 Deset do jedanaest.
11.55 Pet do dvanaest.
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Serbian clock time uses u for an appointment, while halves and quarters invite their own everyday phrasing. Begin with Radnja se otvara tačno u osam.; its scene gives the new language somewhere concrete to stand.
Remember by the steady pulse in telling time in serbian
Serbian clock time uses u for an appointment, while halves and quarters invite their own everyday phrasing. Compare the five examples for meaning before analysing their forms. In Pauza počinje u pola jedanaest., identify the word that carries the central idea; then notice how the remaining words make its person, place or time precise.
Five sentences that belong only to telling time in serbian
| Latinica | Ćirilica | English |
|---|---|---|
| Radnja se otvara tačno u osam. | Радња се отвара тачно у осам. | The shop opens at exactly eight. |
| Autobus stiže u četvrt do devet. | Аутобус стиже у четврт до девет. | The bus arrives at a quarter to nine. |
| Pauza počinje u pola jedanaest. | Пауза почиње у пола једанаест. | The break begins at half past ten. |
| Vidimo se deset minuta posle šest. | Видимо се десет минута после шест. | We will meet ten minutes past six. |
| Koliko je sati na zidnom satu? | Колико је сати на зидном сату? | What time is it on the wall clock? |
From Autobus stiže u četvrt do devet. to independent speech
Read Koliko je sati na zidnom satu? once as a statement with real intention. Next, change the subject or time phrase and repair every form affected by that choice. Finish by linking your new sentence to Autobus stiže u četvrt do devet. in a two-line exchange that could genuinely happen.
A five-step challenge shaped by Pauza počinje u pola jedanaest.
- Give the English meaning of Radnja se otvara tačno u osam..
- Reconstruct in Serbian: “The bus arrives at a quarter to nine.”
- Write Pauza počinje u pola jedanaest. in Cyrillic.
- Change one grammatical detail in Vidimo se deset minuta posle šest..
- Ask a natural question that could produce Koliko je sati na zidnom satu? as an answer.
Answers waiting beyond Vidimo se deset minuta posle šest.
- The shop opens at exactly eight.
- Autobus stiže u četvrt do devet. / Аутобус стиже у четврт до девет.
- Пауза почиње у пола једанаест.
- More than one answer is possible; all connected forms must remain in agreement.
- Questions vary, but the final Serbian sentence must answer them naturally.