"ढाई बजा है।"

Translation: It is half past two .

[deactivated user]

One of the other questions has बजे with ढाई . So which is correct? Is ढाई plural or singular?

[maz1269]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28160091
According to this, it's singular, but turns oblique (i.e. बजे, which looks just like the plural) when instead of pure statements of time (where the time is the subject and hence in nominative case) we have statements like "She came home AT XX O'CLOCK". There is no "at" (i.e. no postposition that would hint you at using oblique) in the Hindi translation, but it is implicit.

[RachaelAyr]

Very helpful

[Aastha405299]

Actually you can say both
Dhai baje or dhai baja h
Both will do

[aarvi487618]

'Dhai',is plural

[ph.plcP6a]

Singular

[RanzoG]

Interesting. I learned ढाई बजे हैं।

[AHILA15]

Yes .You are right .I also learned ढाई बजे हैं।

[VIJAYRAMPE1]

RanzoG
Is DL using बजा is to denote half-past-two
as a hyphenated singular noun? The only time बजे is used in a similarly applied sentence is when an oblique case is present .

[Suzanmeeks]

Why is it not "half past two o'clock"? I thought "बजा" meant time.

[deactivated user]

It is about time. However in English the "o'clock" is generally only used for full hours. ie "It is 2 o'clock". For other times you leave off the "o'clock" - "It is quarter to 2", "It is 5 past 2", "It is half past 2", etc.

[Suzanmeeks]

Thanks! Have a lingot!

[AndriLindbergs]

What? I entered "ढाई बजा है" missing the "।" at the end, and they marked it wrong!!!

[pussitrash]

I didn't get the sentences

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Namaste! The Hindi word ढाई means 2.5, two and a half, or the time "half past two".

Numeral

ढाई • (ḍhāī)

1) two and a half; 2.5

ढाई लाख रुपये ― ḍhāī lākh rupye ― two-hundred and fifty thousand rupees

2) half past two

From Wiktionary:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88#Hindi

[brianl]

Wow, that's a lot of languages.

[LinguisticBoi]

He's an expert at saying "the boy drinks milk" in different languages

[pussitrash]

Thanks a lot for the explanation and the research! :)

[maz1269]

I just had an exercise with "half past one", and there it was बजे, not बजा. What is going on?
Edit: seemed to have found the answer here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28160091

[SusanaVill11201]

It can also be two and a half but it marked incorrect

[maz1269]

but not in the context of time, which is what this lesson was teaching

[_sudhakar_822]

What is meant by daayi and bajaa

[MDUk0L]

why is the singular used even for half past two (it is two hours after all?) - I can understand it for half past one

[soobee620]

Also my question, and it seems like there is some debate given some of the above comments. Also this sentence (from English to Hindi) has ढाई बजे हैं as the answer.

[taaraa369]

Baje or baja?

[ph.Nk4TF8]

New word kya add karvana

[VedMS2]

What is half past two

[R3adz]

Are there specific words for other numbers as well then?
Eg: 1.5, 3.5, 13.5, 100.5 ?