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i hate this kind of time communicating in austria there is "viertel zwei" - quarter two which in one part of austria (vienna) means 1:15pm (or 1:15am), in th
by franze 9y ago
i hate this kind of time communicating
in austria there is
"viertel zwei" - quarter two
which in one part of austria (vienna) means 1:15pm (or 1:15am), in the other half (90% of austria) it is understood as 1:45pm (or 1:45am), sometimes as 2:15pm (or 2:15am) - but never as 1:15pm/am
"viertel [vor/nach] zwei" - quarter [to/after] two. the [] are optional.
- StavrosK 9y agoWait, why does "viertel zwei" mean 1:15? What's "viertel eins"?
- ahoka 9y ago12:15 of course. The same logic applies in Hungarian.
- gpvos 9y agoViertel zwei = a quarter of the second hour has passed, i.e., it's 1:15. It's a logical extension of the standard-language "halb zwei". But note that this is only used and understood in some German-speaking regions, not all!
- RBerenguel 9y agoIt works the same in Catalan: un quart de dues is 1:15, as in "one quarter of the hour 2". If we go full into it, we have as valid and used constructs "un quart i mig de dues" for anything around 1:21-1:23 (one quarter and a half of 2, which would be 1:22.5)
- zwieback 9y agoWhen I first moved to Stuttgart I was confused by the Swabian "viertel" (quarter) and "dreiviertel" (three quarters). The first means quarter after and the second quarter before the hour.
- tom_mellior 9y agoWhere in Austria does "viertel zwei" mean 2:15? My impression was that the places that don't use the Eastern ("Viennese", if you will) system always explicitly use "viertel vor" or "viertel nach" (or "viertel über"), leaving nothing optional/implicit.
- rconti 9y agoyou contradicted yourself by saying: * in one part of austria (vienna) means 1:15pm (or 1:15am) * but never as 1:15pm/am
- franze 9y agoin the other half it's never 1:15