"Now it is 9 AM."

Translation: Sasa ni saa tatu asubuhi.

[DaphneTheSnail]

Is this a typo? Shouldn't it be sasa ni saa tisa asubuhi or is it actually right?

[dieprinzessin]

Read the notes. They start counting from 6 am on. So 9am = 3 am (Swahili time)

[syntyche1981]

Like Jewish time in the new testament.

[DaphneTheSnail]

Never mind, saa ni Kiswahili ni sita kasoro

[DaphneTheSnail]

Saa ni Kiwahili ni sita *saa kasoro

[juryrigging]

Yeah, it's tricky to get your head around it at first.

[Fateem13]

One easy way I've found to read it is look at the opposite number on the clock. So 6am is saa 12 za asubuhi in Swahili. 7 is 1 in swahili. 8 is 2.

[clh335763]

Thanks for the helpful tip!

[Gemmade]

I understand the tatu bit but the rest NO

[Nsikan9]

Sasa = now
ni = is
saa = hours/time
tatu = 3
asubuhi = morning

So it's basically saying that it's now 3 o'clock (swahili time) in the morning as opposed to 'saa tatu jioni' which would be 3 o'clock in the evening/night (9pm)