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[ARCHIVE] Times Of The Day

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Fnirk1
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[ARCHIVE] Times Of The Day

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originally posted by: davidvdb https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/32767826


WakatiTime
alfajiridawn (or wee hours of the morning; think 4 AM)
asubuhimorning (arbitrary - any time before noon, really)
adhuhurinoon
mchanadaytime (arbitrary-I would say around noon +/- 2 hours)
jionievening (also arbitrary, I would personally say 4 PM to 7 PM)
alasirimid to late afternoon (~ between 12 and 4 PM)
magharibievening/sunset, so 6 PM (magharibi also means 'west', so that's a way to remember that)
usikunighttime (arbitrary - basically if it's dark out)
usiku wa mananemidnight/dead of night

People just tend to say what time it is and follow it up with 'mchana', 'usiku', 'asubuhi' or 'jioni' to make the time of day clear e.g. 'saa nane mchana' to mean '2 PM'.

Some of these terms are relative, and the major ones used on a regular basis are: asubuhi, jioni, usiku, and mchana. The rest are typically used by news channels to mark the different times the news airs; in Kenya at least, most channels air news at 6/7 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm, and sometimes 11 pm. For example, the channel Citizen has Citizen Alasiri which is news that airs at 4 pm.

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