Language/Tajik/Vocabulary/Telling-Time
Introduction
In this lesson, we will learn how to tell time in Tajik and practice expressing time using hours and minutes. Telling time is an essential skill that will help you communicate effectively in everyday life situations, such as scheduling appointments, catching transportation or meeting friends.
Tajik language uses a 24-hour system to tell time, and it is essential to understand some basic rules before we start. Tajik language has unique words to describe hours and minutes, and we will learn them in detail in this lesson.
Let's get started!
How to tell time
To ask for the time in Tajik, you can say Chandin soat ast? (What time is it?) or Sana che saat ast? (What is the time?)
To answer, you can say:
| Tajik | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| як | yek | one |
| ду | do | two |
| се | se | three |
| чор | chor | four |
| панҷ | panj | five |
| шаш | shash | six |
| ҳафт | haft | seven |
| ҳашт | hasht | eight |
| нӯҳ | nuh | nine |
| даҳ | dah | ten |
To say the hours, add the word soat (hour) at the end of the corresponding word in the table. For example:
- панҷ соат - five o'clock
To say minutes, add the word дақиқа (minute) after the corresponding number. For example:
- як дақиқа - one minute
To say a specific time, combine the hour, minute, and the word pе (and). For example:
- Тоҷикистон дар саъти дуҳ-ҳафт соатҳо ва понҷадақиқа дар бар садақиқа мебошад. (In Tajikistan, it starts at 7:45 in the evening.)
Now let's practice expressing some different times using hours and minutes.
Practice: Telling Time
Listen to the following times and write them down in Tajik. Then, check your answers on the table below.
- It is four o'clock.
- It is seven o'clock.
- It is ten o'clock.
- It is one o'clock.
- It is six o'clock.
- It is eight o'clock.
- It is two o'clock.
- It is nine o'clock.
| Time | Answer |
|---|---|
| It is four o'clock. | чор соат. |
| It is seven o'clock. | ҳафт соат. |
| It is ten o'clock. | даҳ соат. |
| It is one o'clock. | як соат. |
| It is six o'clock. | шаш соат. |
| It is eight o'clock. | ҳашт соат. |
| It is two o'clock. | ду соат. |
| It is nine o'clock. | нӯҳ соат. |
Conclusion
In this lesson, we learned how to tell time in Tajik and practice expressing time using hours and minutes. We saw that Tajik language has unique words to describe hours and minutes and that it uses a 24-hour system to tell time. We hope this lesson helped you understand how to tell time in Tajik better. Keep practicing to become more confident in expressing time in everyday life situations.
Good luck and keep studying!