Usages of half
Het is half drie.
It is half past two.
Is het half vijf?
Is it half past four?
De trein komt om half acht.
The train comes at half past seven.
De bus vertrekt om half negen.
The bus leaves at half past eight.
Is die vergadering om half elf klaar?
Is that meeting finished at half past ten?
We werken tot half zes.
We work until half past five.
Duurt dat project tot half twaalf?
Does that project last until half past eleven?
We beginnen niet om half negen, maar om kwart voor negen.
We do not start at half past eight, but at a quarter to nine.
Jullie moeten die oefening om half vier doen.
You must do that exercise at half past three.
De pauze is van één tot half twee.
The break is from one to half past one.
Ik ben er om half acht.
I am there at half past seven.
Ze lossen de voorraad om half tien.
They unload the stock at half past nine.
De pont vertrekt pas om half drie.
The ferry doesn't leave until half past two.
Kan pas om half twaalf een datum prikken.
Can only set a date at half past eleven.
Wil het graag doorschuiven naar half vier.
Would like to postpone it to half past three.
Ik dacht dat de knal van dit rotje half zo luid was als vroeger.
I thought that the bang of this firecracker was half as loud as in the past.
De lont van dat illegale rotje is half zo lang als een normale lont.
The fuse of that illegal firecracker is half as long as a normal fuse.
Je moet het systeem binnen een half uur deactiveren.
You must deactivate the system within half an hour.
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