Vocabulary
Jam = clock
Arloji or Jam tangan = watch
Weker = alarm clock
Jam = Hour
Menit = Minutes
Detik = Second
Tengah wengi = midnight
Tengah awan = midday
Jam Enem lewih Sepuluh (menit) 06:10
Jam pitu lewih telungpuluh (menit) 07:30
Jam Sanga kurang seperapat/ jam Sanga lewih patang puluh lima (menit) 09:45
Jam pitu pas = 07:00
Jam Pitu lewih limolas / jam Pitu lewih seprapat = 07:15
To indicate an hour as an unit, Javanese say jam and to indicate the time they use jam too.
Example :
Budi turu pitung jam (Budi slept for 7 hour)
Siki jam lima (it's five o'clock)
However, colloquially jam may be used for about everything; watch, clock, hour, telling time.
Example :
1. Apa koe wis tuku merek jam favoritmu? Have you buy your favorite watch brand?
2. Jam pira siki? What the clock right now?
3. Siki jam sepuluh. Right now is ten o'clock.
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