The ordinal numbers are also used with regard to the time. They serve the purpose of stating the full hours. Only 1 O’clock is expressed by the cardinal numeral. Time by minutes is indicated in the same way by means of or with the corresponding cardinal numeral and the Arabic word for minutes being added.

	Sound		Sound
9:00 pm :		1:00 am  :
6:00 pm:		12:00 am:
3:15 am:		5:30pm: