How to read the time

Gwich'in has no “o'clock” or AM/PM. The time is the hours, then the minutes, each spelled out as a number. The sun or moon above shows which half of the day it is.

Example: 4:23

• sreedrii means “hour”. The hour number comes before it.
• ts'àt means “and”. It joins the hours to the minutes, and the tens to the ones.
• jùutyin means “ten”. neekaii jùutyin is two tens, or 20. Add the ones after ts'àt.
• On the hour, the minutes are left out.