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[saraleslie222]

Dear all:

Quesiont 1：if it is 1:30 pm now, can I say that " It is half past thirteen pm"

Question 2:If it is twelve o'clock now, can I say that " It is twelve."?

Question 3: If it is 1:29 now, can I say that " It is twenty nine past one" withiout "minutes" between the words "nine" and "past"?

Waiting for your replies, and thank you so much for your reading.

Sara Huang

[pugachevV]

1. No. That's not the normal way to say it.
If you are using the 24 hour clock, you would say, "Thirteen thirty".

2. " Twelve" is OK.
3. You can say, "Twenty-nine past one", but I would normally say "One twenty-nine". Or I would include "minutes". In fact if it were that close to the half-hour I would say, "Half past one".