Dates and Times (Date e Óre)

When asking and telling the time you use the construction fem.article + number because the unexpressed feminine word óra/óre hour/hours is implied.
Question : Che óra xe£a? what time is it? (lit.: what hour fem. is she?)
Answers :

• Xe l' una / Xe £a una it's one o'clock (lit.: [she] is the one fem.sg.)
• Xe £e do it's two o'clock (lit.: [they] are the fem.pl.two)

Other sentences:

• Se catémo a £e tre we meet at three o'clock (lit.: we meet at the fem.pl. three)
• Vo fora da l' una a £e sinque I'm going outside from one o'clock till five o'clock (lit.: from the one fem.sg. till the fem.pl. five)

Fraction of an hour :

• do e un quarto a quarter past two (lit.: two and a quarter) , do e mexo half past two (lit.: two and half)
• do e tre quarti= un quarto a £e tre a quarter to three=three quarters past two

Dates are expressed in this way: number + de + month's name + del + year:
For example:

• 10 de Xenaro del 1990 January the 10th of 1990
• 4 de Febraro del 1993 February the 4th of 1993
• 30 de Majo del 2001 May the 30th of 2001
• 1 de Majo del 2001 = primo de Majo del 2001 May the 1st of 2001

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