ninety-nine o'clock

Indonesian translation: jam sembilan lebih sembilan menit

14:42 May 14, 2007
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English term or phrase: ninety-nine o'clock
Saya sering bertemu dengan frase ini, tapi saya bingung, sebenarnya pukul berapakah 'ninety-nine o'clock' itu? Mohon pencerahan Bapak dan Ibu sekalian. Trims.
Dewinta Maharani
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
Indonesian translation:jam sembilan lebih sembilan menit
Explanation:
a.m ato p.m ya?
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Abdul Karim
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
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Summary of answers provided
5ninety-nine o'clock
Harry Hermawan
5jam belum disetel
ivo abdman
4There is no such thing as ninety-nine o'clock.
Regi2006
2 +1jam sembilan lebih sembilan menit
Abdul Karim
2 +1suatu ketika (yang tidak diketahui persis jamnya)
Eva Nukman
2pukul sembilan puluh sembilan
Hadiyono Jaqin


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
jam sembilan lebih sembilan menit


Explanation:
a.m ato p.m ya?

Abdul Karim
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
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Native speaker of: Indonesian
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Nah itu masalahnya bos, ngga ada penjelasan a.m ato p.m, mumet aku! ^_^


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agree  Hipyan Nopri
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
There is no such thing as ninety-nine o'clock.


Explanation:
Did you mean nine-to-nine o'clock? It could either refer to a time frame of twelve hours from 9 am to 9 pm, or 9 pm to 9 am. On the other hand it could also mean it is 9 minutes before 9 o'clock.

Maximum hour is 24. 99 hours = 4 days and 3 AM.

If that's what you mean :P

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If it's nine to 9 o' clock, then it's 8:51... strictly speaking, it's am, because on the 24 hour clock, it'd be 20:51... if the clock is saying 99:00... it's probably time to get a new clock! lol

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-14 15:44:00 GMT)
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LOL ... with that additional context, it sounds to me like "all day, with no sense of time left, because it was so all-encompassing." Or, "overwhelming". Could be the greatest day ever, or the most grueling day ever.

... Need more context ....

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It is still wrong. There's no way to tell. With no information but the quote. You may just need to look up the author, or break it down yourself like I did below:

99 is probably how many minutes... subtract 60 min (1 hour) and then you have 39 minutes left so the time is 1 hour 39 minutes in the morning. It is the morning sue to military time.

So, 99 o'clock is 1:39 a.m.

But of course we can't be sure since this is not a common way of telling the time.

Regi2006
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 39
Notes to answerer
Asker: Firstly, I thought that they were typo. But I frequently found it in my translation material.

Asker: This is the example: From ninety-nine in the morning till ninety-nine in the evening.

Asker: Then what about 'nine minutes after nine' (09:09)?

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
suatu ketika (yang tidak diketahui persis jamnya)


Explanation:
trigger time, hour:minutes:seconds, in 24-hour format. 99:99:99 means that there is no alarm time ("-" in the time column)

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:qts37eJNf50J:olympus.he...

dan laman ini http://ucan.foad.org/asd/log/797/7497.html di google tertera sebagai: SD LOG FILE - Fri Jul 4 99:99:99 PDT 1997

ninety-nine in the morning = "suatu saat di pagi hari" atau kalau dalam bahasa non formil "pagi hari, entah jam berapa"

mungkin begitu maksudnya?

Eva Nukman
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
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Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 3

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agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: Perasaan saya sih memang ini, tetapi tidak punya bukti pendukung....
12 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
pukul sembilan puluh sembilan


Explanation:
Besar kemungkinan dari 99 o'clock, nah angka 99 ini merupakan angka maksimal dari 2 digit (default value saja). Besar kemungkinan dalam pemrograman nanti angka 99 ini bisa diganti dengan 01, 10, 11 dll. Kalau tidak salah, dalam bagian sebelumnya harusnya ada terjemahan dari angka 0-99 (zero - ninety-nine). PCMIIW

Hadiyono Jaqin
Thailand
Local time: 09:56
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ninety-nine o'clock


Explanation:
Children's poem
His next class is a group of six year olds. Jon
teaches them one of his rhymes:
‘Ninety-nine o’clock, tick tock tick tock,
Ninety-nine o’clock, tick tock tick tock
The clock struck C
(children strike the note C three times)
The clock struck D (one, two three)
The clock struck E (one, two three)
Then the clock struck ME! ‘
(They have great fun striking themselves on the
tummy.)



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More links:
http://mtcs.truman.edu/~thammond/history/Myth.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5223328.stm
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/002843.html
http://www.thechattanoogan.com/articles/article_80164.asp
http://www.hal-pc.org/~hkaspar/99beerquotes.shtml



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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-05-15 00:44:49 GMT)
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more notes on 99: remember the song 99 red balloons, 99 beers on the wall, 99 names of Creator, and 99 more.

The bottom line is in the English speaking world according to these references in classic literature (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ninety-nine) and all the above (and below), it is still not clear.

It is in the confirmation of the author of the statement that will shed some light on this matter.

HTH





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Harry Hermawan
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
jam belum disetel


Explanation:
Terus terang saya belum pernah bertemu dengan objek ini dalam suatu paragraf. Mungkin bisa dikutip paragrafnya, bagi rekan yang pernah ketemu. Saya baru lihat ada di poem-nya Pak Harry
Menyambung jawaban rekan-rekan, dan saya temukan juga jawaban di situs asing di bawah, ada yang nanya juga tuh

What time is ninety-nine o'clock?
Can you please write it in number? When people say it or you read it somewhere, how do you know that whether it is pm or am?

There is no such thing as ninety-nine o'clock. That is the time that new appliances flash before you set the clock (all 9's). On most clocks, there is some kind of an indicator light which gives you an idea if the time is a.m. or p.m

saya merasa ini tidak ada kaitannya dengan pertanyaan pukul berapa atau jam berapa

saya usulkan "jam belum disetel". Karena ini angka 99 tak lazim dalam budaya indonesia.


    Reference: http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmJAk6QsE.Zl...
ivo abdman
Indonesia
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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