The standard way of telling time in Catalan is rather unusual and may be surprising, or even confusing, to people who're learning it. That's why I decided to start this.
(nah of course the real reason is I saw a post with this title in the English forum )
It's actually pretty similar to the English way, just that it makes less sense and it may seem less logical to the rational mind lol It may seem tricky but it's really not, just keep in mind Catalans always seem to be looking forward to the following hour .
The basics
10:00
Les deu en punt.
Ten o'clock.
10:05
Les deu i cinc [minuts].
Five past ten.
10:15
Un quart d'onze. [literally: "a quarter of eleven"]
Quarter past ten.
10:30
Dos quarts d'onze
Half past ten.
10:45
Tres quarts d'onze.
Quarter to ten.
More fun:
10:20
Un quart d'onze i cinc [minuts]
10:33
Dos quarts d'onze i tres [minuts]
But:
10:55
Les onze menys cinc [minuts].
10:25
Dos quarts [d'onze] menys cinc [minuts].
Of course you can also be cheeky and use the good old "les deu i vint" (10:20) and you'll be understood anyway.
Hope it wasn't totally useless