jumătate

jumătate

Half.

Here, 'jumătate' is used as a noun to indicate a fractional quantity, specifically representing one-half of a given entity, in this case, a glass of water.

Am băut doar o jumătate de pahar de apă.

I only drank half a glass of water.

In this context, 'jumătate' is used in time telling to signify thirty minutes past the hour, effectively indicating the halfway point of the hour.

Este ora șase și jumătate.

It is six thirty.

Here, 'jumătate' functions as a descriptor of division or ownership, clearly defining one of two equal parts of a whole.

Casa este separată pe din două; jumătate este a noastră, iar cealaltă jumătate a lor.

The house is split into two; half belongs to us and the other half to them.