Now I snap why my American coworker is always a quarter to late.

@HerrFinsternis

Жыл бұрын

So, 15 minutes early?

@miabusse7986

Жыл бұрын

I snap😂 smooth!

@spacegerrit9499

11 ай бұрын

If he works in Brabant thats legit. Brabants kwartiertje.

I think it is more a thing in the Netherlands. In Flanders, we would just say "om twintig voor acht". I love the quirky differences between flemish and dutch dialects :)

@ploegman

Жыл бұрын

We do both! Just to confuse everyone. I use "twintig voor acht" just as much as "10 over half 8" ...

@miabusse7986

Жыл бұрын

In German we would still say „five past half..“ but not anymore „ten past half..“ then we’d just say „twenty before…“

@YouHaventSeenMeRight

Жыл бұрын

I would more naturally say "7 uur 40".

@Hensepens64

11 ай бұрын

​@@miabusse7986didn't now that. Till now I would have said that the Germans are doing the same.

@random_edits28

5 ай бұрын

As a Dutch person with a Belgian mom and a Dutch dad I also say "twintig voor acht" or "7 uur 40"

[narrator voice:] "She arrived an hour late."

It's actually quite simple. As the inventors of the pendulum clock and people who are frugal with time, the Dutch have divided the day in 48 units of half ours rather than in 24 hours. The half hour is a full unit of time to be respected.

@leya2215

Жыл бұрын

Yes that, but also- quarters!

@_PJW_

11 ай бұрын

@@leya2215 That's only if the latest update Dutch_Time_2023_003 is installed.

Deze korte filmpjes zijn grappig, je hebt humor 😂

It does sound ridiculous in English, maar tien over half acht is logisch ..... toch?

@maartengaat8718

Жыл бұрын

Dat had ik dus ook

@evertgbakker

10 ай бұрын

Voor jou wel. De rest van de wereld zegt 7 uur 40 of 19 uur 40.

@raven2k714

10 ай бұрын

​@@evertgbakkerdat is niet correct! In Duitsland zeggen we 20 voor 8 but 10 over half 8 id ook ok! Sorry for my bad dutch i started learning it a week ago

@marcbloemen2082

4 ай бұрын

No. It's not. "Logisch" would be "20 to 8"

@andreimircea2254

3 ай бұрын

Niet echt. Ik vind nederlandse tijdsaanduidingen heel frustrerend.

This is odd because in Flanders we just say "twintig voor acht"

@daanwindt1633

Жыл бұрын

I am from Groningen, we use both ways of saying it

We do the same in Norwegian! But like English, we do use «a quarter past» and «a quarter to»

@glennis-dankuwel6020

Жыл бұрын

Thank God! 😅

@mavadelo

Жыл бұрын

Same in Dutch. "Kwart voor" and " Kwart over"

I'm dutch and I always say, "20 to 8" or "20 past 8". Never the "10 past half". I live in Friesland, maybe a Friesan thing or a Northern thing?

@Saartje05

Жыл бұрын

10 over half 8 klinkt toch logischer voor mij dan 20 voor 8

@ariisu40

Жыл бұрын

My grandparents came here from Friesland and that's how they said it too

In America we would just say we're gonna leave at 20 till 9 lol

@xandrios

Жыл бұрын

And that’d be wrong. Half Eight, in Dutch, is 7:30. So the time from the video would be 20 till 8.

@mobolt8090

Жыл бұрын

19:40

@HerrFinsternis

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that the entire period between 8pm and 9am? You must have a very big house 🤭

@lorenaescobar4158

Жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, ha, I would be always late. In South America it would be 7:40 pm and we would just say see you at 7:40 pm. 😂

I like the idea of rounding to 30 mins like in the UK people get confused to say "20 to" or "40 past" for the same time or just round up. BUT I have to make sure I dont confuse the "half" because in the UK it means half past the hour and here it means half before the hour.

And now try to set a time in a group with Dutch, English and Irish people...... use military time!

@bartholvangent3225

Жыл бұрын

Many Americans use a.m. and p.m. They don't know military time. 😱

@_PJW_

11 ай бұрын

UTC

@DutchLabrat

11 ай бұрын

@@_PJW_ K. You have a Dutch, English, and Irish friend and you agree to be somewhere at half eight UTC .... who will arrive when? :)

@_PJW_

11 ай бұрын

@@DutchLabrat If it's a pub the Irishman will be there already, I will be on time, and the Englishman will be an hour late. 🧐🥴

Ja. Also Americans do not do mg, liters, kilometers, vol etc. I’m now learning to revert back to speaking this way to move to The Netherlands. Lol 😆

You are always soooo funny!!!

We also call that twenty to eight if it helps.

A lot of children are strugglin with this in school😅

@_PJW_

11 ай бұрын

Not in The Netherlands they don't

@JulesLovegood

15 күн бұрын

when I first learned this I said: 20 minutes before eight (20 minuten voor acht uur)

Check with the Austrians to practice. They use 1/4 eight, half eight and even 3/4 eight. If you get that and the fact that half and full hours in dutch have the same "value", you're there!

Lol .... and don't forget, on time is before time :p

Quite simple, we treat half hours as almost as important as the whole hours. So we calculate from which one is closer. Quarters are still being related to the whole hour (quarter past seven or quarter before seven), the next/previous 5 minutes are a bit of a grey area. But as soon you come withing 10 minutes of the half hour, we'll calculate time from that.

Ik ben nederlands

I’ve exactly that with the Dutch Fox News like channel Ongehoord Nederland, why do they use American/ English time definition ?

@bartholvangent3225

Жыл бұрын

Right wing American sponsor 🤷🏼‍♂️

tien over half acht in de avond is het : 19:40 in de ochtend is het : 7:40 ten past eight in the evening it is : 19:40 in the morning it is : 7:40

Yes for a people where half eight and half past eight both mean 8:30 I can understand precision is confusing 😂

@JustMe-sh8nd

Жыл бұрын

In what universe is half eight 08:30 ??

@HerrFinsternis

Жыл бұрын

@@JustMe-sh8nd Both New Zealand and England.

@010Jordi

Жыл бұрын

​@@HerrFinsternis half 8 is 7:30 or 19:30 here in the Netherlands

@singularityscan

Жыл бұрын

So it only works additively, even when the half is pronounced first 😮 I'm Dutch. England is so close, no wonder Livestream's are always too late even with me incorporating the time difference.🤯

Tien over half acht... toch niet zo moeilijk? (btw.. it's even more weird when you realise that that is 7:40, not 8:40 :P)

@jpdj2715

Жыл бұрын

To me there's more logic in half eight being between 7 and 8 (Dutch) than between 8 and 9 (British English). How can "half something" be more than "something"?

@carmenl163

11 ай бұрын

@@jpdj2715 It used to be half past.

Means finally what ? Answer please 🙏

You’re so funny!!

it's 19:40..... right?

@JulesLovegood

15 күн бұрын

yep

When a dutch hasn’t learnt how telling time works in english😂

@dotty4994

11 ай бұрын

Wow Roblox kid saying this

@DlguyIsbad

11 ай бұрын

@@dotty4994 kid? lol. what do you think what the defenition is of 'kid'?

In Limburg we say 20 for the hour. Much easier

why not just say 7:40pm

That was easy but I got a bit confused when I first time heard someone say "at three quarter nine". (Wasn't exactly Dutch though.)

Is that 8:40?

Easy as pie🙈

Tien over half acht......is dat zo moeilijk?, or 19;40 of 20 voor 8.

neuh ik vond hem ook wel makkelijk. je telt letterlijk de minuten bij het half uurtje op

Soooo, what about 8pm is 20?

Yeah, that's just "20 to 8", and that's all.....

8:40?

Ey ik ben ook nederlands en dit us trouwens niet van google translate ofzo

7:40

20 voor 8

😂😂😂, yep..

Just use military time like any normal person (1940)

Twenty to eight

Yeah no I’m Dutch and if people tell me time like that it’s hella confusing. I just say 19 hour 40.

So 20:40? 8:40pm?

@larsduim

Жыл бұрын

Nope, 19:40. 10 minutes later than half an hour before 8.

Five before half five, obvious. Halfway to 5,and 5 minutes before that. What's not clear 😂

Nobody says that, we say 20 to 9

@carmenl163

11 ай бұрын

Please define "we" because I've never heard any Dutch person say this. Also, it would be wrong since she clearly means 20 to 8.

Just say the time 😂

Nou, niet alleen in Flanders. Ook normale mensen zeggen hier 20 voor acht.

@maartengaat8718

Жыл бұрын

Nooit zo gezegd hoor. Gewoon 10 over half 8

T is niet zo ingewikkeld🙂

@Sayhoun

Жыл бұрын

Het is wel erg kromme manier van tijd communiceren.

Tien over half acht makkelijk toch?

so 8:40?

tien over half acht (09:40) is eazy af

Nobody says that, we say 20 to 9