Telling time uses a 12 hour clock with "rise" and "fall". It uses the Gregorian calendar (standard western calendar).
| tone | read | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sitx | sitx | second |
| dak | dak | minute |
| hek | hek | hour |
| yam | yam | day |
| wik | wik | week |
| mes | mes | month |
| xan | xan | year |
| riz | riz | rise |
| zar | zar | fall |
To say it is 6:37am, you would say:
viva san xaba rizaOr 11:16pm:
cuka zen viva zaraThe date format is like this:
year/month/day hours:minutes:secondsSo January 11, 2011 would be at 11:16pm:
dhzz/zz/z zz:zv z