page_title: Catalan time system
hierarchical_section_title: Catalan time system
caption_attribution_description: English: Watch with Catalan time system Català: Rellotge amb horari en català Español: Reloj con horario en catalán
context_page_description: The Catalan time system is the traditional manner in which to tell time in Catalan, and it is exclusive to this language. Telling the time through this system works by dividing it in fractions of a quarter and half a quarter of an hour. Hour-fractions refer to the starting hour, taking into account that when a clock reaches a whole hour it actually indicates its end.
  The order is quarts-minuts-hora posterior. Hence, for example, 10:15 h would be un quart d'onze; 12:30 h, dos quarts d'una, and 19:52 h would be tres quarts i set minuts de vuit. Additionally, there are little variations by which the expression dos quarts is shortened to just quarts; also, mig quart is used as an approximation in place of the too specific set minuts i mig.
context_section_description: The Catalan time system is the traditional manner in which to tell time in Catalan, and it is exclusive to this language. Telling the time through this system works by dividing it in fractions of a quarter and half a quarter of an hour. Hour-fractions refer to the starting hour, taking into account that when a clock reaches a whole hour (e.g. three o'clock) it actually indicates its end.
  The order is quarts-minuts-hora posterior (quarters-minutes-next hour). Hence, for example, 10:15 h would be un quart d'onze ("a quarter of eleven"); 12:30 h, dos quarts d'una ("two quarters of one"), and 19:52 h would be tres quarts i set minuts de vuit ("three quarters and seven minutes of eight"). Additionally, there are little variations by which the expression dos quarts ("two quarters") is shortened to just quarts ("quarters"); also, mig quart ("half a quarter") is used as an approximation in place of the too specific set minuts i mig ("seven minutes and a half").
caption: Catalan-system watch telling the time
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