Y: Hey Time is money, and money is the liberator of all the ... well what is money good for. Wo shi Yajie.
R: Wo Shi Raymond. Yea, you're right, its all good in the hood here.
Y: Well last week we went over some Chinese Restaurant phrases.
R: This week we're trying to be as sharp as a Swiss watch so we're doing more on time.
Y: Here are the key words of the day.
 
Key Words Of the Day
What time is it right now? 现在几点了？3 p.m..下午三点  5:15 五点一刻 All in today’s Chinese Studio 
 
R: Ok Yajie, we should find out what time is it right now how do you say that?
Y: Well lets break it down. What time is it right now?
What---shen2me,
Time---shi1 jian1,
What time---ji2 dian3, how many o’clock---what time,
What time is it---- ji2 dian3, 
Right now----xian4 zai4, 
le---is used to indicate completion
What time is it right now?--- xian4 zai4 ji2 dian3 le. 现在几点了？
Now how many o’clocks? 
 
Conversation I
现在几点了？

R: Oh class is over! Its 3'oclock.
Y: Ya and its time to head over and KTV.
R: You KTV at 3 O'clock  in the afternoon?
Y: Ya, its like how the Brits have Tea in the afternoon at 4pm, I have my KTV sessions at 3pm.
R: Cool well how do you say 3 p.m. in Chinese?
 3 p.m. xia4 wu3 san1 dian3. 下午三点 afternoon 3 o’clock
Xia4 wu3---afternoon
San1—three
Dian3---o’clock

Conversation II
下午三点
 
Y: Lets go a bit further.
R: Ok lets include some minutes. Lets assume most of our brilliant listeners already know how to use numbers.
Y: This is how you say 5:15. wu2 dian3 yi2 ke4.  五点一刻 five o’clock one quarter

Conversation III
5:15 五点一刻
  
Y: What time is it Mr. Wolf?
R: 12 O'clock . Rawr.
Y: Ok time fo the quiz of the day. How do you say “What time is it now” in Chinese?
R: Get the answer and send it to Chinese@crifm.com and you could win one of our book of idioms or a 3 month pass to attend the Bridge School for free!
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