Sometimes you may have to schedule an appointment with Vietnamese people when living or traveling in Vietnam. It would be great if you could understand and tell them the time in the Vietnamese language. Today, I’m gonna share everything for correctly telling the time in Vietnamese.
1. Grammar
“Mấy giờ rồi?” is a short question you can use to ask what time it is. Remember to add the polite word ‘ạ’ at the end of the question when you want to ask an elder person. You should say “Mấy giờ rồi ạ?”.
You can ask “Bây giờ là mấy giờ?” which means what is the time now. This question has the same meaning as the previous one.
2. Practice
- Telling Time In Vietnamese: Hour, Minute, Second In Vietnamese
In Vietnamese, you can say an hour, minute, second as the followings:
- Hour: giờ
- Minute: phút
- Second: giây
To tell a time duration, you can use both “tiếng” and “giờ” for an hour. For example, ‘2 hours’ can be translated as “hai tiếng” and “hai giờ”.
Sáng: từ 1 giờ đến 10 giờ.
Trưa: từ 11 giờ đến 12 giờ.
Chiều: từ 13 giờ đến 18 giờ.
Tối: từ 19 giờ đến 22 giờ.
