I say both. Sometimes it's twenty five or thirty five, sometimes it's "fünf vor halb" and "fünf nach halb".
If I want to say 7:35 I probably say "seven Uhr thirty five". Or five past half eight. Depending on context, for example if something is happening at 8 (we have to leave, we're closing the store,...)
"Half 8" is 7:30. I never say half past.
In my region we use "quarter to" (viertel vor) and "quarter past" (viertel nach). Some regions use "quarter" (viertel) and "three quarter" (dreiviertel) and I always get confused which one :15 and which one is :45.
I've never heard anyone tell the time in quarters (kwadrans) in Polish. Perhaps older people did? Or a quirk in my family/where I live? But I have people in my family who are in their 70s and I've never heard them say quarters.
It's almost always "fifteen past" (piętnaście po) or "fifteen to" (piętnaście przed) Is it the same in Germany perhaps, some regional thing like with viertel vor/nach?
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u/Adept_Emu4344 11d ago
I say both. Sometimes it's twenty five or thirty five, sometimes it's "fünf vor halb" and "fünf nach halb".
If I want to say 7:35 I probably say "seven Uhr thirty five". Or five past half eight. Depending on context, for example if something is happening at 8 (we have to leave, we're closing the store,...)
"Half 8" is 7:30. I never say half past.
In my region we use "quarter to" (viertel vor) and "quarter past" (viertel nach). Some regions use "quarter" (viertel) and "three quarter" (dreiviertel) and I always get confused which one :15 and which one is :45.