Telling Time (cont.)
For times within the latter half of the hour, you use a construction
similar to the English “ten minutes ’til eight,” except you
give the hour first, then the word 
, then the
minutes until the hour. Thus:
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Although is technically
the correct usage, you can use in all cases,
especially when reading exact minutes from a digital clock.
IMPORTANT
Since 
is feminine, you use the feminine forms for the
following numbers:
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