Time and Date

Time & Date

In Meσoγeóiκa, typically, dates are written and said in the following order: day of weak, day of month, month and year. "Saturday 5^th of September 1981" would be the correct order in Μeσoγeóiκa. The day of the month, in this case 5^th, is always in the ordinal form and feminine in gender because the word "Iμéρa," which means day, is feminine. The month is always in the genitive case and the case of the year and day is always in the accusative case, since it is a definite time and masculine in gender because of the word "Ánno," which means year, is masculine. The year is written and said as if it were a number. Therefore, the date above would be written in Meσoγeóiκa as:

(Λo) Σáβaτon κinκuéσiμan (λoς) Σeπτéμvρìoς (λoφ) μiλλonoβoκenτoχτanτúnoφ

EXPRESSIONS OF TIME

These are expression are ones which refer to time. Examples are “on Tuesday,” in the morning” and “in 1999”. Some examples in Meσoγeóiκa are below.

"on +day/date" is translated to "ad λam ~m"

"in month/year/season/centaury" is translated to "en/ad λam ~m"

TELLING TIME

To tell the time in Meσoγeóiκa, you must know what an analogue watch looks like. If the minute hand is between 1 and 6 than you use the word "ce." From 6 to 12 one must use the word "πaρá." If the minute hand is on 12 or on 6 it is different. On 12 it is "X Óρa" while on 6 it will be "xοdéμa," where x represents a number, Óρa" means hour, and "déμa" means half.

The time must always be said in the order of hours, minutes. All numbers are in the feminine gender as hour and minutes are feminine in Meσoγeóiκa. For example:

12:40-úna πaρá dùánτaθ (twenty to one)

1:20- úna ce dùánτaθ (twenty past one)

1:15- úna ce κuaττρiéμaθ (quarter past one)

1:45- úna πaρá κuaττρiéμaθ (quarter to one)

1:30-unodéμa (one half)

The time where the minute hand is between 4 and 6 or 6 and 8 on the analogue watch can be said by using 6 as the base.

1:20- unodéμa πaρá δéκaθ (ten to one thirty)

1:40- unodéμa ce δéκaθ (ten past one thirty)

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

Here are the 12 months of the year:

Janùáρìo January

Φevρùáρìo February

Máρτìo March

Aπríλìo April

Máio May

Júnìo June

Júλìo July

Augúsτìo August

Σeπτéμvρìo September

Oχτóμбρìo October

Noβéμбρìo November

Deκъéμбρìo December

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Here are the 7 days of the week:

Lundía Monday

Maρτedía Tuesday

Meρκoλedía Wednesday

Gioβédia Thursday

Βendredía Friday

Σáβaτo Saturday

Doμíniκo Sunday

SEASONS OF THE YEAR

Enβéρno Winter

Πρiμaβéρa Spring

Eστáτo Summer

Auτúμno Autumn