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My problem with that method is it doesn't tell me whether I should count six hours forward or back. I need to be able to relate it to the 24-hour clock.
I find it easier to focus on the day beginning at sunrise and then it all seems perfectly logical that four hours into the day is 4 am ("saa nne"). Suddenly it seems strange that we choose to call that 10 a.m.
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Saa tatu kasoro robo is hour three, less a quarter.
In Swahili, the day starts after 6am, so 7am is the first hour of the day -- saa moja. This means that when you see saa [number], you need to add six to that number to get the time as you would know it.
Saa tatu = hour three. 3+6=9. Nine o'clock. Less a quarter makes it quarter to nine.
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At what time does Jumapili become Jumatatu....etc. It's almost midnight but for all I know it could be Monday already?
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Using vulgar fractions to tell time is archaic, inconsistent, not useful in science and should be totally abandoned. The proper way to tell time is numerically eg four fifteen (4:15), four sixteen, four thirty, four fifty nine etc.