Chif, lè ak pri an angle

Chif yo tounen nan prèske tout konvèsasyon pratik : a ki lè, konbyen li koute, ki platfòm. Men minimòm ki endispansab la.

Ki jan pou di lè a

Fason ki pi senp lan mache toupatou : di lè a, answit minit yo.

• 7:15 — seven fifteen
• 9:30 — nine thirty
• 10:45 — ten forty-five

W ap tande tou fòm tradisyonèl yo :

• 7:15 — quarter past seven (« sèt è kenz »)
• 9:30 — half past nine (« nèf è edmi »)
• 10:45 — quarter to eleven (« onz è mwens kar »)

Past sèvi pou premye mwatye lè a, to pou dezyèm lan.

Twa lòt bagay ou bezwen : o'clock sèlman pou lè pil la (three o'clock, men pa janm « three fifteen o'clock »), ansanm ak midday / noon (12:00) ak midnight (00:00).

Nan orè ak nan anons yo, nou sèvi ak fòma 24 è, ki li ak kat chif : the 18:40 to Leeds — eighteen forty. An kreyòl ou di « sis è karant », men an angle ou senpleman li de nonb yo, san mo pou « è ».

am ak pm

• am = maten (00:00–11:59)
• pm = apremidi ak aswè (12:00–23:59)

The shop opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm.

Mande lè a

• What time is it?
• What time does it open?
• How long does it take? — About twenty minutes.

Gwo chif

Hundred, thousand ak million pa janm pran -s apre yon chif.

• ✅ two hundred · ✅ five thousand (pa « two hundreds »)
• -s la parèt sèlman nan kantite ki endefini : hundreds of people.

Pou yon moun ki pale kreyòl, règ la natirèl : kreyòl la pa mete mak pliryèl apre yon chif (de san, senk mil). Sonje sa si ou tante di two hundreds.

Nan angle britanik, nou mete and anvan dènye pati a : a hundred and five · two thousand and twenty.

Ane yo souvan li an pè : 1985 = nineteen eighty-five, 2026 = twenty twenty-six. Men 2005 = two thousand and five. (An kreyòl ou ta di « mil nèf san katreven senk » : angle pa janm di « one thousand nine hundred ».)

Nimewo telefòn yo li chif pa chif. Zewo a di oh, e yon chif ki repete souvan eksprime ak mo double : 020 7946 0055 → oh two oh, seven nine four six, double oh double five.

Desimal ak milye : angle ekri 3.99 (yon pwen) ak 1,000 (yon vigil). Tcheke fason dokiman an ekri nonb yo, paske nan kèk lang se kontrè a. Nan yon pri, ranvèsman an ka koute chè : €3.99 = twa ewo katrevendis-nèf.

Dat ak òdinal

Nan dat yo, nou sèvi ak nonb òdinal — first, second, third, fourth, fifth… twelfth, twentieth, thirty-first.

• Pa ekri : 5 May oswa May 5
• Byen fò : the fifth of May (fòm britanik) oswa May the fifth (trè souvan tou)

Fè atansyon ak dat ki ekri sèlman ak chif : 5/6/2026 se 5 jen nan Wayòm Ini e 6 me Ozetazini. Si sa enpòtan, ekri mwa a nan tout lèt.

Pri

Non lajan an di apre nonb la, e senbòl la mete devan.

• £5 — five pounds
• $12.50 — twelve dollars fifty
• €3.99 — three euros ninety-nine

Ki jan pou mande :

• How much is it? — pou yon sèl atik.
• How much are they? — pou plizyè.
• How much does it cost?

Peman an

• Can I pay by card? · I'll pay in cash.
• Here's your change. (lajan yo remèt ou)
• Could I have a receipt, please?
• Do you take contactless?

Chif ki konfonn nan zòrèy

Kat pè sa yo bay plis pwoblèm. Endis la nan aksan an :

thirteen (13)	thirty (30)
fourteen (14)	forty (40)
fifteen (15)	fifty (50)
eighteen (18)	eighty (80)

Nan nonb ki fini ak « teen », nou tande klèman tèminezon -teen la. Si ou gen dout, mande ankò : One-three or three-zero?

Toujou konfime yon nonb ou tande mwatye. Sorry, was that fifteen or fifty? pa koute plis pase de segonn. Devine ka koute ou platfòm lan, pri a oswa move tren an.

Nan gichè a

A : Two tickets to Bath, please. What time's the next one?

B : Fourteen thirty — that's half past two. Platform 5.

A : How much is that?

B : Thirty-eight pounds fifty. Sorry — thirty-eight fifty, for both.

A : Can I pay by card?

Lè nan fòma 24 è, vèsyon oral li, pri a ak kesyon sou peman an : tout tranzaksyon an nan senk replik.

Teste sa ou konnen

Tès ki anba a kouvri lè a, pri yo ak nonb ki pi konfonn nan zòrèy.