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Telling Time
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2. ¿Qué hora es?
What time is it?
¿A qué hora es..?
At what time is…?

3. Telling the hour For 1:00, the phrase is different. You must use,
Es la una= it’s one o’clock

4. Telling the hour From 2:00 to 12:00, you use the phrase,
Son las __(the number)_______.
For example: It is 3:00. Son las tres.

5. Telling minutes To tell the minutes after the hour, use the word “and”
By using the word “y”, you are adding the minutes.
Only use this when the minutes are between 1-30.

6. Telling the minutes
To say that it is 4:05, you start with 4:00 and add (y) 5 minutes.
Son las cuatro y cinco= it’s 4:05

7. Practice
Write these times correctly in Spanish.
10:10
12:14
5:20

8. Answers 10:10 Son las diez y diez. 12:14 Son las doce y catorce. 5:20
Son las cinco y veinte.

9. Telling the minutes
For 15 minutes (a quarter) after the hour, you use the word cuarto, not quince.
Example: It is 3:15.
Son las tres y cuarto.

10. Telling the minutes
To say 30 minutes (half past) after the hour, you use the word media, not treinta.
Example: It is 1:30.
Es la una y media.

11. Practice Write out these times correctly in Spanish. 2:15 7:30 8:28
1:40

12. Answers 2:15 7:30 8:28 1:40 - Son las dos y cuarto.
- Son las siete y media.
8:28
- Son las ocho y veintiocho.
1:40
- Es la una y cuarenta.

13. Telling the minutes For minutes between 31-59, you do math.
In Spanish, they go up 1 hour and subtract the remaining minutes until that hour.
Example:
4:53 would be 5:00 minus 7 minutes (60 minutes – 53 minutes = 7)
Son las cinco menos siete=4:53

14. Telling the minutes In Spanish they use the word “menos” for minus.
To say that it is 12:48, you must say that it is 1:00 minus 12.
Es la una menos doce.

15. Telling the minutes
Just like for 15 minutes after the hour, to say that it is 15 minutes (“a quarter til”) the hour, use “cuarto”.
Example: 5:45
Son las seis menos cuarto.

16. Practice Write out these times correctly in Spanish. 12:55 9:50 3:45
5:47

17. Answers 12:55 9:50 3:45 4. 5:47 Es la una menos cinco.
:47
Es la una menos cinco.
Son las diez menos diez.
Son las cuatro menos cuarto.
Son las seis menos trece.

18. A.M. and P.M.
In the Spanish language, there are 3 ways to say what part of day it is.
De la mañana: times between 12:00 am and 12:00 pm.
It is 7:30 am would be
Son las siete y media de la mañana.

19. A.M. and P.M. De la tarde: times between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 3:15 pm
Son las tres y cuarto de la tarde.

20. A.M. and P.M. De la noche: times between 6:00 pm and 12:00 am 8:45 pm
Son las nueve menos cuarto de la noche.

21. Noon and Midnight
There are special phrases that are used like English to indicate noon and midnight.
It is noon.
Es el mediodía. (masculine word)
It is midnight.
Es la medianoche. (feminine word)

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23. Using “at” with time.
To say that something happens “at” a certain time, “A las” or “A la” will be used to express it.
Examples:
At 8:00am I go to school.
A las ocho de la mañana yo voy a la escuela.

24. Disclaimer
Depending on the region that you visit, time could be heard differently. Most of the Latin America uses the 24 hour military clock (time is told using 24 hours). Some countries subtract and add at the :30 minute marker- half add and half subtract. Some countries will subtract at the :40 and add to :39. We recognize differences, but will teach, practice, and test according to the previous slides.