Time in Cornish

How to tell the time in Cornish, a revived Celtic language spoken mainly in Cornwall.

English	Cornish (Kernewek)
What time is it?	Py eur yw?
It's one o'clock	Un eur yw
It's quarter past one	Kwarter wosa un eur yw
It's half past one	Hanter wosa un eur yw
It's quarter to two	Kwarter dhe dhiw eur yw
It's two o'clock	Diw eur yw
It's quarter past two	Kwarter wosa diw eur yw
It's half past two	Hanter wosa diw eur yw
It's quarter to three	Kwarter dhe deyr eur yw
It's three o'clock	Teyr eur yw
It's quarter past three	Kwarter wosa teyr eur yw
It's half past three	Hanter wosa teyr eur yw
It's quarter to four	Kwarter dhe beder eur yw
It's four o'clock	Peder eur yw
It's quarter past four	Kwarter wosa peder eur yw
It's half past four	Hanter wosa peder eur yw
It's quarter to five	Kwarter dhe bymp eur yw
It's five o'clock	Pymp eur yw
It's quarter past five	Kwarter wosa pymp eur yw
It's half past five	Hanter wosa pymp eur yw
It's quarter to six	Kwarter dhe hwegh eur yw
It's six o'clock	Hwegh eur yw
It's quarter past six	Kwarter wosa hwegh eur yw
It's half past six	Hanter wosa hwegh eur yw
It's quarter to seven	Kwarter dhe seyth eur yw
It's seven o'clock	Seyth eur yw
It's quarter past seven	Kwarter wosa seyth eur yw
It's half past seven	Hanter wosa seyth eur yw
It's quarter to eight	Kwarter dhe eth eur yw
It's eight o'clock	Eth eur yw
It's quarter past eight	Kwarter wosa eth eur yw
It's half past eight	Hanter wosa eth eur yw
It's quarter to nine	Kwarter dhe naw eur yw
It's nine o'clock	Naw eur yw
It's quarter past nine	Kwarter wosa naw eur yw
It's half past nine	Hanter wosa naw eur yw
It's quarter to ten	Kwarter dhe dheg eur yw
It's ten o'clock	Deg eur yw
It's quarter past ten	Kwarter wosa deg eur yw
It's half past ten	Hanter wosa deg eur yw
It's quarter to eleven	Kwarter dhe unnek eur yw
It's eleven o'clock	Unnek eur yw
It's quarter past eleven	Kwarter wosa unnek eur yw
It's half past eleven	Hanter wosa unnek eur yw
It's quarter to twelve	Kwarter dhe dhewdhek eur yw
It's twelve o'clock	Dewdhek eur yw
It's quarter past twelve	Kwarter wosa dewdhek eur yw
It's half past twelve	Hanter wosa dewdhek eur yw
It's quarter to one	Kwarter dhe un eur yw
it's midnight	hanter-nos yw
it's midday	hanter-dydh yw
in the morning	myttinweyth
in the afternoon	androweyth
in the evening	haneth

Translations compiled by Simon Ager, with corrections by Philip Newton

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