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Learn Icelandic: klukkan - the clock

Icelandic
/Telling time (hálf, korter)
/klukkan

klukkan

Word

klukkan

Meaning

the clock

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Telling time (hálf, korter)

Usages of klukkan

Hvað er klukkan núna?

What time is it now?

Klukkan er korter yfir fimm.

It is a quarter past five.

Klukkan er korter í tíu.

It is a quarter to ten.

Leikurinn byrjar klukkan hálf fimm.

The game starts at half past four.

Við þurfum að mæta nákvæmlega klukkan hálf sjö.

We need to show up at exactly half past six.

Tónleikarnir byrja klukkan korter yfir átta.

The concert starts at a quarter past eight.

Kennarinn er að koma nákvæmlega klukkan korter í níu.

The teacher is arriving at exactly a quarter to nine.

Klukkan var hálf níu í gær.

It was half past eight yesterday.

Mætir gesturinn klukkan korter í tíu?

Is the guest showing up at a quarter to ten?

Leikurinn var klukkan hálf átta.

The game was at half past seven.

Fundurinn er á fimmtudaginn klukkan hálf tíu.

The meeting is on Thursday at half past nine.

Ég fer héðan klukkan sex.

I leave here at six o'clock.

Hádegið er klukkan tólf.

Noon is at twelve o'clock.

Ég sofna klukkan ellefu.

I fall asleep at eleven o'clock.

Búðin lokar klukkan sex.

The shop closes at six.

Ég lít á klukkuna.

I look at the clock.

Klukkan korter yfir fimm kemur sendingin þaðan.

At a quarter past five the shipment arrives from there.

Klukkan hálf tvö afhendir hún pakkann.

At half past one she delivers the package.

Keyrirðu þau heim klukkan korter yfir þrjú?

Are you driving them home at a quarter past three?

Klukkan er næstum tólf.

It is almost twelve o'clock.

Bílasalan opnar klukkan níu.

The car dealership opens at nine.

Matarboðið byrjar klukkan sjö.

The dinner party starts at seven.

Listasafnið opnar klukkan tíu.

The art museum opens at ten.

Hún verður búin að pensla kleinurnar klukkan sjö.

She will have brushed the twisted doughnuts at seven o'clock.

Mér var réttur spilastokkurinn klukkan hálf níu.

I was handed the deck of cards at half past eight.

Brottfarartíminn á að vera klukkan átta.

The departure time is supposed to be at eight o'clock.

Leikfimin byrjar klukkan átta.

PE starts at eight.

Ég geri ráð fyrir að fundurinn byrji klukkan níu.

I assume that the meeting starts at nine.

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