Time ExpressionsTelling the time, and the halb that catches everyone out.LanguagesThe half-hour convention is the opposite of English.TimeWie spät ist es?Es ist drei UhrViertel nach drei – quarter pasthalb vier – HALF PAST THREEViertel vor vier – quarter to fourDateder 5. SeptemberOrdinals take a full stopMonths capitalised — all nouns aream Montag, im JanuarFrequencyimmer, oft, manchmal, selten, niemorgens, mittags, abendsjeden Tag, jede WocheHalb vier means half of the fourth hour — that is, 3:30. It is the singlemost common time mistake for learners.Time Expressionslearnposters.com
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What’s on the Time Expressions poster

12 entries in 3 groups.

The half-hour convention is the opposite of English.

Halb vier means half of the fourth hour — that is, 3:30. It is the single most common time mistake for learners.

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What’s on the Time Expressions poster?
12 entries in 3 groups. The half-hour convention is the opposite of English. Time: Wie spät ist es?, Es ist drei Uhr, Viertel nach drei – quarter past, halb vier…; Date: der 5. September, Ordinals take a full stop, Months capitalised — all nouns are…; Frequency: immer, oft, manchmal, selten, nie, morgens, mittags, abends, jeden Tag, je…. Halb vier means half of the fourth hour — that is, 3:30. It is the single most common time mistake for learners.
Who is the Time Expressions poster for?
Time Expressions belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Time Expressions poster?
Halb drei is half past TWO. German counts toward the coming hour, not back from the past one. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Time Expressions belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Time Expressions?
Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside Time Expressions in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
Is the Time Expressions poster free to download and print?
Yes. Time Expressions downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Time Expressions poster print at?
Time Expressions is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Time Expressions loses nothing.Printing guide

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