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Es ist kurz vor zwölf.

It's almost twelve.

In German

Es ist kurz vor zwölf.

Es ist koorts for tsvoelf.
🇬🇧 English
It's almost twelve.
🇪🇸 Español
Es casi medianoche/mediodía.
🇮🇹 Italiano
È quasi mezzogiorno/mezzanotte.

Sentence Breakdown

WordTranslationRole
EsItPronoun
istisVerb (to be)
kurzshortlyAdverb
vorbeforePreposition
zwölftwelveNumber
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Grammar Point

Telling time (kurz vor)

Variations

Gleich ist zwölf Uhr.
It's almost twelve o'clock.
Es ist fünf vor zwölf.
It's five to twelve.

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