Time

Posted by Aaron Tang in Spanish 1 - Bey on Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Alfredo Tang & Miguel Woodruff

Band X

Telling Time:

In the Spanish country, it is good to know the time and asking them in Spanish. It helps you understand the time and to do something next.
Here are three ways to say what time it is.

Spanish	Pronunciation	English
¿Qué hora es?	¿Kay ora- es?	What time is it?
¿Qué hora son?	¿Kay ora son?	What time is it?
¿Qué hora tiene?	¿ kay ora t- an?	What time is it?

Here are two ways when to use the time on different hours.

Spanish	Pronunciation	English
Es la una	S la oo-na	You use “es la” on 1 o clock
Son las….	sun las	You use “ son las” from 2- 12 o clock

Here are some ways to say quarter, half of the minutes.

Spanish	Pronunciation	English
y cuarto	e core-toe	15
y media	e mi-dia	30
y menos cuarto	e mi-nos core-toe	45

From 1- 30 minutes:
1) Es la_____
son los_____

2) Write/ say the time was given
3) When there is minutes you say “y”
4) Write/ say the minutes

Eamples:

10:16	Son las diez y diezsiete
1:28	Es la una y veinteocho

From 31-59 minutes
1) Es la____
Son las____

2) Take the number ahead of the hour
3) When there is minutes, you write/say “menos”
4) Subtract the time of the original time by 60.

Examples:

11:55	son las doce menos cinco
2:35	son los tres menos viente y cinco

You will say the following at the end when the time will be.

Spanish	Pronunciation	English
de la mañana	day la min-an-na	Am in the morning
de la tarde	day la -dar-day	Pm in the afternoon
de la noche	day la no=chay	Pm at the evening/ night

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