There are two common ways of telling the time.
(ಸಮಯ ಹೇಳಲು ಎರಡು ರೀತಿಗಳಿವೆ)
1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes)(ಗಂಟೆ + ನಿಮಿಷ)
6:25 - It's six twenty - five(ಆರು ಇಪ್ಪತೈದು)
8:05 - It's eight O - five (the O is said like the letter O)(ಎಂಟು ಐದು)
9:11 - It's nine eleven(ಒಂಬತ್ತು ಹನ್ನೊಂದು)
2:34 - It's two thirty - four(ಎರಡು ಮೂವತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕು)
2) Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST/TO + Hour)(ನಿಮಿಷ + PAST/TO + ಗಂಟೆ)
For minutes 1 - 30 we use PAST after the minutes.
For minutes 31 - 59 we use TO after the minutes.
2:35 - It's twenty - five to three(ಮೂರು ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಇಪ್ಪತೈದು ನಿಮಿಷ ಇದೆ)
11:20 - It's twenty past eleven(ಹನ್ನೊಂದು ಆಗಿ ಇಪ್ಪತು ನಿಮಿಷ ಆಗಿದೆ)
4:18 - It's eighteen past four(ನಾಲ್ಕು ಆಗಿ ಹದಿನೆಂಟು ನಿಮಿಷ ಆಗಿದೆ)
8:51 - It's nine to nine(ಒಂಬತ್ತಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ನಿಮಿಷ)
2:59 - It's one to three(ಮೂರು ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಒಂದು ನಿಮಿಷ ಇದೆ)
When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past
7:15 - It's quarter past seven(ಏಳು ಆಗಿ ಕಾಲು ಗಂಟೆ ಆಗಿದೆ)
When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to
12:45 - It's quarter to one(ಒಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾಲು ಗಂಟೆ ಇದೆ)
When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past
3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three - thirty)(ಮೂರು ಆಗಿ ಅರ್ಧ ಗಂಟೆ ಆಗಿದೆ)
Note:
1. O'clock
We use o'clock when there are NO minutes. (ನಿಮಿಷ ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದಾಗ O'clock ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವೆವು)
10:00 - It's ten o'clock(ಹತ್ತು ಗಂಟೆ)
5:00 - It's five o'clock(ಐದು ಗಂಟೆ)
1:00 - It's one o'clock(ಒಂದು ಗಂಟೆ)
Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)
2. For 12:00 there are four expressions in English. (12:00 ಹೇಳಲು ಆಂಗ್ಲದಲ್ಲಿ 4 ರೀತಿಯಿವೆ)
12:00
Twelve o'clock
Midday = noon
Midnight