Learn to say times in Chinese. Also learn to use "几" and “是" in Chinese. It is compatible with Jinbu 1, Chapter 4, Unit 2.

1. jǐ diǎn shàng kè
你几点上课？
What time’s your class?
分 fēn
minute
?
点 diǎn
hour

2. How to say a time in Chinese?
We use 点(diǎn ) to express the hour and 分 (fēn) to
express the minute; we also use 半 (bàn) to express half an
hour.
diǎn fēn
3:10 三 点 十 分
55
50
45
40
60
?
5 10
15
35 30
20
25
4:15
四点十五分
5:30
五点三十分
or bà
n
五点半

3. Now can you say the following
times in Chinese?
diǎn
2: 12
xià wǔ
fēn
bà
n
点 分 半7: 40
shàngwǔ
am 上午七点四十分
4: 37 pm 下午 四点三十七分 9: 35 am
5: 29 pm
11: 30
9: 41 am
1: 51 pm
10: 30am
3: 33 pm
11: 55
6: 29
How to distinguish am and pm?

4. New words
点 diǎn o’clock
半 bàn half
分 fēn minute
午 wǔ noon
节 jié a measure word 上午 shàngwǔ morning
for lessons
下午 xià wǔ
几点 jǐ diǎn What time?
上课 shàng kè to have a class
下课 xià kè to finish a class
afternoon

5. The use of 几
几 means “how many?” or “how much?” . It is always
used with a measure word and used with low numbers
(about 10 or less). Its place in a question depends on
where the answer is. E.g.
我家有四口人。
我家有三只猫。
今天星期五。
你家有几口人？
你家有几只猫？
今天星期几？
Identify the number and then replace that with 几 to make
a question.
我星期二有中文课。
我九点半有法文课。
你星期几有中文课？
你几点有法文课？

6. The order of time words
The order of time words in a Chinese sentence is always
from the least specific (the year, the month, the day of
the week, etc. ) to the most specific (the time). E.g.:
我星期一上午十点有中文课。(Literally: I Monday
morning 10 have Chinese.)
我星期日下午三点半踢足球。(I Sunday afternoon
3:30 play football.)
Now can you try to translate the following sentences?
1) I have a PE lesson at 10:30 on Friday morning.
2) I have a music lesson at 8:45 on Tuesday morning.
3) I play basketball at 2:00 on Saturday afternoon.

7. The use of 是
是 can be translated into English as “am / is / are /
be / been / being”. In Chinese you put the pronoun
first and then 是。E.g.:
我是老师。他是老师。你是老师。
In English you say “I am a teacher”, “He is a teacher”
and “ You are a teacher”， but in Chinese you use
“是” in all three sentences.
（Time in Chinese），是（subject）课。