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| reltuk Groupie United States Joined 6627 days ago 75 posts - 110 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 2 of 15 18 March 2010 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | ||
It is correct. "Um halb zwei" would be "half past one", "um halb drei" is "half past two"', etc. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5658 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 15 18 March 2010 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, I can second that because time in German is calculated differently than time in English. So "halb x + 1" (German) = "half past x" (English) as a maths formula. Fasulye 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5546 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 15 19 March 2010 at 4:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Nowadays you'd write "Passt", though. Writing reform.
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| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5546 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 15 19 March 2010 at 1:13pm | IP Logged | ||
Not in Germany (but in Switzerland). There might be exceptions (I wouldn't know), but the general rule is, that after a long vowel it's still ß (as in Straße or Spaß), but after short vowels it's 'ss' (as in Passt or Stuss). 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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