XPost: alt.language.latin, soc.culture.spanish   
   From: hr.usenet@email.de   
      
   On Fri, 20 Sep 2024, Ed Cryer wrote:   
      
   > The Spanish palate must have had trouble with "gn"; but not with "gr".   
   >   
   > As to time,  it's English that's unusual here.   
   >   
   > ¿Qué hora es?   
   > Quelle heure est-il?   
   > Wie viel Uhr ist es?   
      
   ... which is different from the others by not using the German word for   
   hour (Stunde) nor time (Zeit), but the word for clock/watch (Uhr). The   
   same word is used to tell the time if you are using the 24 hour system (0   
   Uhr, 0 Uhr 1, ..., 23 Uhr 59).   
      
   In colloquial speech, you would more idiomatically ask "Wie spät ist es?",   
   (how late is it?) at least in large portions of Germany.   
      
   > Quota hora est?   
   > Τι ώρα είναι;   
   >   
   > What time is it?   
      
   --   
   Helmut Richter   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)