"One and a half hour"

Translation: डेढ़ घंटा

[mayateacher]

One and a half hours. One hour and a half.

[RobbieCalifornia]

Yes! 1.5 hours is grammatically plural in English.

[MarcinM85]

Here both घंटा and घंटे are accepted. Does it mean that डेढ़ can be both singular and plural?

[DevendraPaliwal]

Depending on the conversation, it can used in both forms.

[RebeccaHow387323]

It may be that in Hindi, one and a half is singular, but in English it is plural.

[yhagood]

Why do you use डेढ़ when it's not half past one o'clock? Why not use साढ़े since that is half past?

[khF1S]

It is a specific word that means 'one and a half'. So using it is more precise. Half past is only how we say it in English. Theoretically we could equally say "The time is One and a half o'clock." But by convention we don't.