terkadang kita sangat kesulitan apabila harus bertanya, menjelaskan atau mengemukakan sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan waktu atau tanggal. misalnya jam berapa?, tanggal berapa?, sekarang jam lima kurang seperempat dan sebagainya. untuk itu saya kali ini akan menshare pengetahuan yang saya miliki berkaitan dengan hal yang saya sebutkan di atas.
Kata kunci:
- Di awal/awalnya ................................... in the beginning
- Di akhir/akhirnya ................................. in the ending
- Pertengahan/ditengah ........................... in the middle
- Dalam dua hari .................................... in two days
- Kemarin malam ................................... last night
- Besok lusa .......................................... the day after tomorrow
- Kemarin lusa ....................................... two days ago
- Hari ini ................................................ today
- Besok pagi-pagi .................................. tomorrow morning
- Besok sore ......................................... tomorrow afternoon
- Besok malam ...................................... tomorrow night
- Kemarin ............................................. Yesterday
- Kemarin pagi ...................................... Yesterday morning
- Kemarin sore ...................................... Yesterday afternoon
- Kemarin malam ................................... last night
- Tiga kali sejam .................................... three times in an hour
- Tiga kali sehari .................................... three times in a day
- Sebulan sekali .................................... once a month
- Seperempat jam ................................. quarter hour
- Siang hari ............................................ noon
- Pada tengah malam ............................. at night
- Malam hari sebelum tidur .................... night before bed
- Setengah jam ...................................... half hour
- Sore hari ............................................ afternoon
- Malam hari ......................................... night
- Pagi hari ............................................. morning
- Tepat waktu ........................................ on time
Ungkapan-ungkapan umum:
- Sampai nanti ............................................... see you later
- Sampai ketemu lagi! ................................... until we meet again!
- Sampai ketemu hari senin! .......................... see you on Monday!
- Selamat berakhir pekan! ............................. Have a nice weekend!
- Saya belum pernah kesana ......................... I have never been there
- Saya belum ada waktu ............................... I haven’t got the time
- Saya punya banyak waktu ......................... I have plenty of time
- Saya terburu-buru ...................................... I am in hurry
- Cepat ........................................................ Hurry
- Tunggu sebentar ........................................ wait for a minute
- Jam itu terlalu cepat/lambat ........................ that clock is a little fast/slow
- Saya sudah menunggu lama sekali .............. I have been waiting for so long
- Maaf, saya terlambat ................................. sorry, I’m late
- Kita hanya punya waktu tiga hari lagi .......... we only have three more days
Tentang tanggal:
·
Tanggal
berapa hari ini? ............................... ...... what is the date today?· 15 oktober .................................................. October 15 (fifteen)
· Senin, 1 januari ............................................ Monday, January first.
· Pada 2 februari ........................................... on February 2nd (second)
· Pada awal(…) ............................................. at the beginning of (…)
· Di pertengahan desember ............................ in mid-december
· Pada akhir (…) ........................................... at the end of (…)
· Pada akhir juni ............................................ by the end of june
· 1984 ........................................................... nineteen eigthty-four
· Tahun 2005 ................................................. 2005 (two thousand and five)
· Tahun 2018 ................................................. 2018 (twenty eighteen)
· Pada 2007 ................................................... in 2007 ( in two thousand and seven)
· Saya lahir tahun 1981 ................................... I was born in 1981
· Musim dingin lalu .......................................... last winter
· Tanggal berapa sekarang? ............................ What date is now?
· Hari apa sekarang? ...................................... What day is now?
· Sekarang tanggal 4 juni ................................. now is the forth of june
· Saya tinggal disini sampai minggu ....................I stay here until Sunday
· Kita akan pergi besok .................................. we are leaving tomorrow
· Saya sudah punya rencana di hari sabtu ......... I have a plan on Saturday
Tentang waktu:
- Pukul berapa sekarang? ................................... what time is it?
- Apakah anda tahu pukul berapa sekarang? ...... Do you happen the time?
- Sekarang tepat pukul dua ................................. now exactly two o’clock
- Sebentar lagi pukul satu ................................... it’s almost one o’clock in a moment
- Pukul satu lewat sepuluh menit ......................... it is ten past ane
- Pukul satu lewat seperempat ............................ it is quarter pas one
- Pukul dua kurang seperempat .......................... it is quarter to two
- Pukul sebelas lewat sepuluh menit .................... it is twenty past eleven
- Pukul lima kurang duapuluh menit .............. ...... it is twenty to five
- Pukul setengah enam kurang lima .................... it is five toi five thirty
- Pukul setengah dua .................................... ..... it is one thirty
- Pukul (…) ...................................................... it is (…)
- Tepat ............................................................. exactly
- Sekitar(…) .................................................... around (…)
- Hampir .......................................................... almost
- Saya dating sekitar pukul empat ...................... I came around four
- Saya menyetel weket pukul tujuh ..................... I put on my alarm at seven
- Saya sudah menunggu 20 menit ....................... I have been waiting for twenty minutes
- Keretanya terlambat sepuluh menit .................. The train is late for ten minutes
- Saya sudah dirumah sejam lalu ......................... I have been home since an hour ago
- Bisakah kita bertemu setengah jam lagi ............ can we meet in half an hour
- Seperempat
jam lagi saya kembali ................... I will be back in quarter hour.
sekian dan terima kasih,.
