How to ask someone for time? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

To ask someone “What time is it?”, you say:

“¿Qué hora es?”

        or “¿Qué hora son?”

        or “¿Qué hora tiene?”

Responds could be:

               “ Es la una”= Its one o’clock

            or “Son las dos,tres,cuatro......”=Its two,three,cuatro

             or”......^.......y cuarto”=:15

                 “......^.......y meda”=:30

                 “......^.......menos cuarto”=:45

                 “.......^.......menos (the number of minutes before the hour)

This could be used to ask someone for time. It could also use to respond to people when you are asked for time. Time is important, therefore, it is always a plus for you to know how to keep track of it. 

Basic knowledge and usage of Numeros en Espaol. Bach Tong and Shannon Powersn

En español, Numeros have rules pretty much like en Inglés. You only have memorize 1 - 15 (uno - quince), and the tens numbers (diez, viente, trienta, cuarenta, cincuenta, sesenta, setenta, ochenta, noventa). For numbers after 15, you only need to say the tens numbers plus the 1-9 number.
Example: 16: dieciseise
    28: vientiocho
    45: Cuarentaycinco.

Mathematical terms: + Más            - menos x por /dividido por = son

Please click link below for a full description table of numeros en Español:
You can use numbers to do basic math problem:
1) 1 + 9 = 10 (uno más nueve son diez)
2) 78 - 16  = 62 (setentayocho menos dieciseis son sesentaydos)
3) 81/27 = 3  (ochentayuno dividido por vientisiete son tres)
4) 24 x 3 = 72 (vientitres por tres son setentaydos)

You can also use numeros for any purpose that is involved with numbers such as say time, temperature, date...

Ask someone for weather information. Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

To ask some one “What’s the weather like?”, you ask: “¿Qué tiempo hace?
Respond can be:
a) Hace (mucho) frió:   it’s  (very)  cold
        calor: it’s           hot
   viento:         it’s               windy
   sol: it’s               sunny
   fresco:      it’s               cool
b) Está lloviendo / llueve: it’s raining / it rains
c) Está nevando / Neiva: it’s snowing / it snows
d) Está nublado / neblina: it’s cloudy   /  foggy

*Note: When describing the weather, we use “Hace” for adjective (frió, calor, viento, sol, fresco...). “Está” is used for verb (llueve, lloviendo, neiva, nevando, nublado,...).

To ask someone "What is the temperature in Philadelphia?", you ask: "¿Qué es la temperatura en Filadefia?"

To respond, you could say: "La Temperatura en Filadelfia es (number) grados." You can refer to the Numeros topic for more information about numbers and how to say it. 
These phrases above could be used to ask someone for weather condition. Also, it could use to respond to someone when being asked about weather. It helps enrich the conversation and make it more intersting.

How to be polite in every day conversation? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

En español, it is important to use the right courtesy phrases to show good manners. Here are a few courtesy phrases to use in every day conversation:

a) Gracias: Thank you

b) Muchas gracias: thanks a lot.
c) Mil gracias: Thanks a million.
d) De nada = Por nada = No hay de qué = you’re welcome.
e) ¿Cómo? = What was it? (when you didn’t catch what someone just said)
f) Por favor: Please
g) Con pemiso: excuse me (applied to ask someone out of your way politely)
   Disculpe: excuse me (applied to get attention from someone)
   Perdón: excuse me (applied if you accidentally bumped into someone)
h) Está bien: It’s ok.
This could be use along with your responding to someone to make your respond become more polite and courteous. These phrase could be used as similar as how you use courtesy phrase en Inglés.
Example: A: Disculpe. ¿Cómo te llamas Ud?
   B: Me llamo....... ¿Cómo esta Tú?
   A:  Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y Ud.?

   B:  Bien, gracias.

How to differentiate questions/answer to different people en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

En Español, there are two separate way of asking/responding to people, accordingly to their ages. To ask/respond to someone who is younger than you, the informal way should be used: Tú. To ask/respond to someone who is older than you, the formal way should be used: Ud.
Example: ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
       ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal
                ¿Cómo esta (Tú)? : How are you? informal 
  ¿Cómo estas (Ud.)?: How are you? formal
This could be used to ask/respond to people in real life politely correspondingly to their age. It also shows respect and how educated you are to adults. This rule does not necessarily applied to every questions, but to most of it.

How to introduce yourself to someone en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Explanation 1:
There are a few ways to say “hi” to someone en español:
a) ¡Hola! : Hi (both formal and informal)
b) ¡Buenos Días!: Good morning
c) ¡Buenas Tardes!: Good afternoon
d) ¡Buenas  Noches!: Good evening.
e) ¿Cómo esta(s)? (Usted): How are you? informal (formal)
Respond: (Muy) Bien, gracias: (Very) Well, thanks.
    Mas o menos: alright
f) ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
   ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal

Respond: Me llamo_______

   Yo soy________ (my name is_____)

   Mi nombres es_____
g)  Mucho gusto: nice to meet you
Respond: Igualmente: likewise
You can use this list of phrases/questions to introduce yourself to someone, and/or respond back to their greetings. You can also mix these phrases with one another as you do en Inglés. This is very helpful both to greet your friends, teachers or to meet someone you don’t know.

How to Spell in Spanish

  First you need to know the numbers in Spanish

      

      

     

And how to say whats your number


¿Cuál es tu/su de telefono?



Here's a video of Rosie and Jamekea singing the ABCs to help you remember.


Days of the Week in Spanish

To know what day of the week it is first you need to know so other things like...
-In Spanish the days are not capitalized like they are in English.
-In Spanish the week starts on Monday not Sunday like it does in English.


Now using the chart above try to answer some of the following questions.

For each question write the two days that come after each.
EX) lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves.

1) jueves, viernes, __________, ___________.
2)martes, miércoles, _____________, ______________.
3) sábado, domingo, _________, _________.



            Here is a video to help you remember the days of the week in spanish.

Election Project-Tyler Hankinson

Hello my name is Tyler Hankinson today I went out to the voting polls to see what motivates people to cast a vote during my time there I interviewed a few people
In the interview I asked these questions


Why do we vote on Tuesday
Do you vote every election
What would you like see changed in the political system
Do you know who you are going to vote for before you walk to cast it


Below are The interviews that i conducted and the pictures that I took
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Henry, Jessica, Danielle

Visit our wonderful blog site! http://hpoengsla.blogspot.com/ !

Also due to some technical difficulties we have posted the missing videos here. They will be order according to the missing videos.

how to ask the time in spanish

ello fellow readers, thank you for choosing my lesson to help your spanish needs. In this lesson you will learn how to tell and ask time in spanish. But before we get to the hard stuff you must know the question. The question is "What time is it?". Also you must know all the numbers from 1 to 12. (Say them properly).




First things first the numbers.



In English its one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.



In Spanish its, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce.




Now numbers above both read the same from 1 to 12.




For example if the was 5:05, we in english would say five o' five. But on the other hand in spanish you would say son las cinco y cinco. To say it properly you say "Son las" and the first number but with the second number you just add "y" and the number



15- cuatro


30- media


45- cuarenta y cinco


55- la hora menos cinco - cincuenta y cinco



Here are some examples...



5:20 - Son las cinco y veinte.


6:30 - Son las seis y media.


1:55 - Son las dos dos menos cinco.




In the next lesson you will learn how to greet people in spanish so stay tuned!

Ay, ay, ay! Est lloviendo

Weather

Knowing how to say the weather is an important skill to know in foreign places…

Hace (mucho)

frio/calor/viento/sol/fresco

It’s (very)

cold/warm/windy/sunny/cool

Está lloviendo       /       Llueve

It’s raining    /    It rains

Está nevando    /    Nieva

It’s snowing    /    It snows

Está nublado (mayormente/parcialmente)

It’s cloudy

(mainly/partially)


Question and Answer

… so is knowing how to ask and answer weather questions.

¿Qué tiempo hace?

What’s the weather like?

(Hace/está) __________

(It does/it is) __________


Video

Someone asks what the weather is like.

Hola!:How to greet someone

Lesson 1:In order to know how to greet someone you need to know:

  • how to say hello
  • how to say good bye
  • how to say how are you
  • how to say nice to meet you


There are many ways to greet someone in Spanish

We are going to start off with a basic coversation
  

                 Greeting someone
P1: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo está?- Hello how are you ?
P2: ¡Hola! Muy bien. – Hello in  ok  and you ?
P1: Bien. Gracias.- I'm good thank you


      How to ask for some one name
P1: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo se llama?-Hello what is your name?
P2: Me llamo Mark . ¿Y usted- My name is Mark and you?
P1: Me llamo Tiani. Mucho Gusto- My name is Tiani. Nice to meet you
P2: Ilgulmente-Same to  you.


                        And another way to greet someone
P1: ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?-Hello how are you?
P2:Muy bien gracias ¿Y usted?- Very well thanks and you?
P1:Muy bien gracias!-i'm very good, thank you.


Here is a video of a two people asking for each others names.

how to ask the time in spanish

Hello fellow readers, thank you for choosing my lesson to help your spanish needs. In this lesson you will learn how to tell and ask time in spanish. But before we get to the hard stuff you must know the question. The question is "What time is it?". Also you must know all the numbers from 1 to 12. (Say them properly). 



First things first the numbers.


In English its one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.


In Spanish its, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce.



Now numbers above both read the same from 1 to 12. 



For example if the was 5:05, we in english would say five o' five. But on the other hand in spanish you would say son las cinco y cinco. To say it properly you say "Son las" and the first number but with the second number you just add "y" and the number


15- cuatro 

30- media

45- cuarenta y cinco

55- la hora menos cinco - cincuenta y cinco


Here are some examples...


5:20 - Son las cinco y veinte.

6:30 - Son las seis y media.

1:55 - Son las dos dos menos cinco.



In the next lesson you will learn how to greet people in spanish so stay tuned!



El Elfabeto


A(ah)

B(beh)

C(seh

D(deh)

E(eh)

F(efeh)

G(hey)

H(acheh)

I(e)

J(hota)

K(kah)

L(eleh)

M(emeh)

N(eneh)

O(o)

P(peh)

Q(cooo)

R(ereh)

S(eseh)

T(teh)

U(ooooo)

V(beh)

W(doble beh)

X(equis)

Y(e griega)

Z(seta)

The alfabet helps to spell and prounce words en español.


Hola!:How to greet someone.

Lesson 1:in order to know how to greet someone you need to know:

  • how to say hello
  • how to say good bye
  • how to say how are you
  • how to say nice to meet you


There are many ways to greet someone in Spanish

We are going to start off with a basic coversation
  

                 Greeting someone
P1: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo está?- hello how are you ?
P2: ¡Hola! Muy bien. – hello in  ok  and you ?
P1: Bien. Gracias. im good thank you


      how to ask for some one name
P1: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo se llama?-Hello what is your name?
P2: Me llamo Mark . ¿Y usted- My name is Mark and you?
P1: Me llamo Tiani. Mucho Gusto- My name is Tiani. Nice to meet you
P2: Ilgulmente-Same to  you.


                        And another way to greet someone
P1: ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?-Hello how are you?
P2:Muy bien gracias ¿Y usted?- Very well thanks and you?
P1:Muy bien gracias!-'m very good, thank you.


Here is a video of a two people asking for each others names.

Hola! Que tal? How to greet and ask how are you doing?

In order to ask how is someone doing, and greet them correctly you need to know:


Mas Saludos( Greetings)

Saludos (Greeting)

¿Qué Tal? ( How are you?)

¡Hola! ( Hello!)

¿Comó va? ( How are you?)

¡Buenos días!  ( Good morning! )

¿ Como estás (tú)?   ( How are you?)  ( informal)

¡Buenas Tardes! ( Good Afternoon! )

¿Como está   (Usted)?  ( How are You?)  (Formal)

¡Buenas noches! ( Good evening! )



Repuesta ( reply to questions )

( Muy) Bein, gracias  

( very) well, thanks

Más o menos

Alright

(Muy) mal./ Terrible

Awful

¿ Y tú?    ( informal)

¿ Y usted?  ( formal)

¿And you?

¡ Ay, ay, ay!

Oh, no!

¡Qué bien!

 

Oh, good

 



















Video: visiting my old chilian friend who is very sick in the bed.


Que hora es?:Asking for the time

Say you went on a class trip to Guatemala and you get to the hotel they are meeting you at before everybody else. Your school is going to meet you there at a certain time and you are impatient and can't wait till they get there. So you want to ask the lady at the front desk of the hotel what time is it. Unfortunantly, she speaks Spanish and she doesn't know how to speak English. So, today you have came to the perfect place to learn how to ask for the time and how to respond to it when someone asks you.


Here are some of the ways you could answer the question ¿Qué hora es?
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Below is a possible conversation between you and the lady at the front desk.
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Check out this video on how to ask for the time in Spanish and a reponse!!!!!!!!!!

Hola Guapo!:How to ask for someones phone number


Lesson:In order to know how to ask for someone's phone number you must know:

  • How to ask "What is your number?"
  • How to count in spanish
  • How to break up phone numbers in spanish




Diez 10

Veinte-20

Trenta-30

Cuarenta-40

Cincuenta-50

Sesenta60

Setenta-70

Ochenta-80

Noventa

-90

1

Uno

Once-11

Veintiuno

y 1

y 1

y 1

y 1

y 1

y 1

y 1

2

Dos

Doce-12

Veintidos

y 2

y 2

y 2

y 2

y 2

y 2

y 2

3

Tres

Trece-13

Veintitres

y 3

y 3

y 3

y 3

y 3

y 3

y 3

4

Cuatro

Catorce-14

Veinticuatro

y  4

y 4

y 4

y 4

y 4

y 4

y 4

5

Cinco

Quince-15

Veinticinco

y  5

y 5

y 5

y 5

y 5

y 5

y 5

6

Seis

Dieci 6

Veintiseis

y  6

y 6

y 6

y 6

y 6

y 6

y 6

7

Siete

Dieci 7

Veintisiete

y 7

y 7

y 7

y 7

y 7

y 7

y 7

8

Ocho

Dieci 8

Veintiocho

y 8

y 8

y 8

y 8

y 8

y 8

y 8

9

nueve

Dieci 9

veintinueve

y  9

y 9

y 9

y 9

y 9

y 9

y 9















Spanish=English

¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?= What's your phone number?

Es el  _____-______-___________= It is _____-_____-___________


Now that you know how to count in spanish you must now learn how to cut up your phone number so you can say it in spanish.


 Lets just say that your number is 215-676-6579.

Some people might say Es el dos uno cinco- seis etc.

But this is not how you say your number in spanish the way it looks is different. It looks like this...

2/15-6/76-65/79 and you would say it like this:

dos/quince-seis/setenta y seis-sesenta y cinco/setenta y nueve


Here is a video of a boy asking for a girls phone number.