6:05, 6:35, 7:05, 7:35..., bus schedule

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Osee  #387521  Tue, 03 Jul 07 03:55 PM

If the bus schedule is as titled, how should I tell it to someone who has no idea about when the bus will come at the bus station? Thanks.

  
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Kooyeen  #387531  Tue, 03 Jul 07 04:24 PM
Hi,
I want to try... I'd say:
There's a bus every half an hour. One at five after six, one at five thirty-five, then another at five after seven... you know, every half an hour. Smile [:)]

  
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Anonymous  #387542  Tue, 03 Jul 07 04:47 PM

i can say: The bus come at six and five minutes, and then every half an hour.

  
nona the brit  #387549  Tue, 03 Jul 07 04:52 PM
I'd say 'there is a bus at five past and thirty-five past every hour'.
  
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Osee  #387768  Wed, 04 Jul 07 06:30 AM

I guess Nona's is the best! Bingo!

 Nona The Brit wrote:
I'd say 'there is a bus at five past and thirty-five past every hour'.

  
Maverick9211  #387771  Wed, 04 Jul 07 06:41 AM

 Kooyeen wrote:
Hi,
I want to try... I'd say:
There's a bus every half an hour. One at five after six, one at five thirty-five, then another at five after seven... you know, every half an hour. Smile [:)]

five thirty-five means 6:35 ?

  
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Osee  #387772  Wed, 04 Jul 07 06:44 AM
 Maverick9211 wrote:

 Kooyeen wrote:
Hi,
I want to try... I'd say:
There's a bus every half an hour. One at five after six, one at five thirty-five, then another at five after seven... you know, every half an hour. Smile [:)]

five thirty-five means 6:35 ?

six thirty-five means 6:35

  
Muslimah  #388117  Wed, 04 Jul 07 11:14 PM

 Nona The Brit wrote:
I'd say 'there is a bus at five past and thirty-five past every hour'.

i don't get why u said past?

plz explain.

  
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Osee  #388151  Thu, 05 Jul 07 02:08 AM

five past six = 6:05, forty-three past nine = 9:43 = seventeen minutes to ten

they are just different expressions for the same meaning.

 Muslimah wrote:

 Nona The Brit wrote:
I'd say 'there is a bus at five past and thirty-five past every hour'.

i don't get why u said past?

plz explain.

  
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