Vocabulary: Time

In this lesson, we'll cover a number of words and expressions that relate to time. Scroll down to the bottom of this lesson for some examples. Here are some terms for units of time for us to start with:

• secand = second
• minat = minute
• ghanta = hour
• din = day
• hafta = week
• maheena = month
• saal = year

To refer to a specific time of day, we can use the following phrases:

• # baje = # o'clock
• subh savere = early in the morning
• subh = morning / in the morning
• do pahr (ko) = (at) midday
• do pahr ke baad = afternoon / in the afternoon
• shaam (ko) = (in the) evening
• raat (ko) = (at) night

We can also use words like "yesterday" and "tomorrow" to refer to another time relative to the present:

• kal = yesterday, tomorrow
• aaj = today
• ahbi = now, right now

Note that "kal" can mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow". This may seem strange, but it's usually easy to recognize the meaning from the context. And finally, below are some examples of what we learned.

Examples:

• doh minat = two minutes
• doosre din = the next day
• main har saal jaata hoon = I go every year

• ek baja = one o'clock (singular)
  
• dus baje = ten o'clock
  
• baara baje = twelve o'clock
  

• aaj subh = today in the morning
• aaj do pahr ke baad = today in the afternoon
• aaj shaam ko = today in the evening

• main kal karoonga = I will do it tomorrow
• voh kal aaye = they came yesterday
• ham abhi jaa rahe hain = we're leaving now