Basics · Time
Telling the time: pola, četvrt
Serbs count the half hour towards the next hour: 13:30 is "pola dva" (literally "half two", meaning half past one). A quarter to the hour uses "do": 13:45 is "četvrt do dva".
Examples
Pola dva
Half past one
Četvrt dva
Quarter past one
Četvrt do dva
Quarter to two
Dvadeset do dva
Twenty to two
Tips
- "Pola dva" means half an hour remains until two o'clock.
- You can also say the digital time, "trinaest i trideset" (13:30). It is correct, just more formal.