When telling time in espaol, you only need these numbers/words:

CalentamientoPre-write for Monday!: page 52Tell where you are from, your teachers nationality & where Shakira is from and what her nationality is. (three sentences)What do you think these mean?CuartoMenosMediahoraCalentamientoTell where you are from, your teachers nationality & where Shakira is from and what her nationality is. (three sentences)Soy norteamericana/o.Soy de los Estados UnidosSoy estadunidenseShakira es de ColombiaShakira es colombianaLa Seorita Meinecke es de los Estados UnidosMi profesora es norteamericana y alemanaHow do you think you could tell the time with only these numbers? Whats different?UnoDosTresCuatroCincoSeisSieteOchoNueveDiezOnceDoceTreceCatorceCuarto (Quince)DieciseisDiecisieteDieciocho DiecinueveVeinteVeintiunoVeintidosVeintitresVeinticuatroVeinticincoVeintiseisVeintisieteVeintiochoVeintinueve Y Media (treinta)What do you think?If you could only use numbers from 1-30, how would you tell what time we get out of school (2:47) ?

Vocabulario.What do you think these mean?Cuarto__________________Menos_______________Media___________________ Hora ________________

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When we ask what time it is in Spanish, we say Qu hora es?Some people also say Qu horas son? (But well use Qu hora es? for class)

Qu hora es?If la hora means The HOURThen Qu hora es? means What HOUR is it?Therefore, the focus in telling time in Spanish isthe HOUR.You always tell the time according to theNEAREST hour. What is the nearest hour to 3:10? 3 OCLOCKWhat is the nearest hour to 3:48? 4 OCLOCK121235678910114Es la una.Qu hora es?The third-person singular of ser is used with one oclock since it is just one hour (hora). The singular definite article is used for the same reason. All hours of the day are feminine in Spanish.

(not on your notes sheet)Son las dos.121234567891011Qu hora es?The third-person plural of ser is used with all hours after one oclock. Likewise, the plural definite article is used for all hours after one oclock.

(not on your notes sheet)121235678910114Qu hora es?

(not on your notes sheet)Son lasThe answer almost always begins with SON LASFor 3:00 we would answer: Son las tres5:00Son las cinco10:00Son las diezSon is PLURAL

Son las tres.121234567891011(etc.)Qu hora es?The formula for all hours after one is Son las + the hour.

(not on your notes sheet)Y (AND / +)First, identify the nearest Hour.If the closest hour is the current oneall the way to X:30(5:105 oclock), then weADD the minutes past the hour by using the word Y.Therefore, 6:20 would be:Son las seis Y veinte8:10 would be SON LAS OCHO Y DIEZ

MENOS (MINUS)MENOS: If the closest hour is the next hour, THEN we must SUBTRACT the minutes until that hour by using the word MENOSWhy? Because if we state the next hour, we need to subtract minutes to find our current time.5:40 would actually be Son las seis MENOS veinte. (6 minus 20 minutes)Use this for X:31 and higherSo, after 30 minutes, you must go up to the next hour and SUBTRACT the remaining minutes to that hour:

5:48 =>next hour is 6:006:00 minus 12 minutes is 5:48!8:55would be son lasnueve MENOS cinco.3:40 (write on the back of your paper)Son las cuatro MENOS veinte11:34Son las doce MENOS veintisisSingular vs. Plural.The next thing is to determine whether the hour is singular or plural. Most times are plural, that is why we say SON LAS. But, there are three times that do not use son las. They are:1:00 where wed say ES la unaAny time the nearest hour is 1:00, we say Es la _____una121235678910114Es la una.Qu hora es?The third-person singular of ser is used with one oclock since it is just one hour (hora). The singular definite article is used for the same reason. All hours of the day are feminine in Spanish.

(not on your notes sheet)Midnight (12:00 AM)At 12:00 AM it is midnight. That is a singular word, so wed say ES La MedianocheMedia means mid (half)Noche (night)It must be ON THE DOT to use this phrase.You cant use it with 12:05Twelve hours later it would be NOON or _____:_________ PM (circle). This time is expressed as ES EL MEDIODA.It must be ON THE DOT to use this phrase.You cant use it with 12:01

121234567891011Finally, we need recognize that two numbers are substituted by wordsX:15How many quarters (1/4) in a whole?A quarter of an hour is 15 minutes, therefore, any time it is 15 minutes after the hour we say Y cuarto.4:15: son las cuatro y cuartoSon las tres y quince.121234567891011Qu hora es?Son las tres y cuarto.or . . .Cuarto is a masculine noun that means a quarter (of an hour).

(not on your notes sheet)X:45If it is 15 minutes until the next hour, (4:45) we say Menos cuarto.4:45Son las cinco menos cuarto11:45Son las DOCE MENOS CUARTOX:3030 minutes is a Half hour. Half in Spanish is media, so we always say Y media (and a half)when the time is X:30 6:30: son las seis Y MEDIA.2:30 son las dos y media121234567891011Qu hora es?Son las cuatro y media.Medio is an adjective that means half. It is used in the feminine singular when telling time, since it modifies the unexpressed noun hora.

(not on your notes sheet)If its on the dotWe say En Punto6:00Son las seis en punto9:00 pmSon las nueve en punto de la noche.Son las siete en punto.121234567891011Qu hora es?En punto literally means on the dot, and is used to stress that an exact hour is being expressed, with no minutes before or after.

(not on your notes sheet)AMAM is in the morningso we sayDe la maanaof the morning (AM)

Son las tres de la maana.121234567891011Qu hora es?AM

(not on your notes sheet)Son las cinco y cuarto de la maana.121234567891011Qu hora es?AM

(not on your notes sheet)Son las seis de la maana.121234567891011Qu hora es?AM

(not on your notes sheet)Son las once y media de la maana.121234567891011Qu hora es?AM

(not on your notes sheet)P.M.Until dark, from noon to dark, its afternoon & we say (PM)De la tarde (think Buenas tardes)Of the afternoon4:00 pm son las cuatro de la tardeAfter Dark,De la noche (Buenas noches)Of the night9:00 pmson las nueve de la noche

Expressing PM timeQu hora es?Son las dos de la tarde.121234567891011Tarde is used for afternoon and evening hours. Notice that, again, we say of the afternoon.

(not on your notes sheet)34Son las cuatro y veinte de la tarde.121234567891011Qu hora es?PM

(not on your notes sheet)Son las seis de la tarde.121234567891011tarde = afternoontarde = eveningQu hora es?PMAgain, tarde is used to express evening as well as afternoon hours.

(not on your notes sheet)Son las nueve de la noche.121234567891011Qu hora es?PMNormally, after sundown we begin to say de la noche; however, this is somewhat variable, as it is in English. Some feel that 7:00 is a good dividing line.

(not on your notes sheet)Son las once menos quince (o cuarto) de la noche.121234567891011Son las diez y cuarenta y cinco de la noche.Qu hora es?PM

(not on your notes sheet)Son las ocho y media de la noche.121234567891011Qu hora es?PM

(not on your notes sheet)Qu hora es?1.1212356789101141212356789101142.3.AM121235678910114(On the dot)Un poco de prctica

Son las tres y media de la maanaEs la una y diez de la maanaSon las once en punto de la maanaQu hora es?4.1212356789101141212356789101141212356789101145.6.PMUn poco de prctica

Son las nueve y cuarto de la nocheSon las cinco menos diez de la tardeEs (el) medioda