Intro to TimeJared M. Whitney M. Emily K. Melissa VB. Ali L.

Why is Telling Time Important?

•A Spanish speaker asks you what time it is.

• If you ask a Spanish speaker what time it is.

Vocab

•Clock: reloj

•Alarm Clock: Despertador

Vocab: Números• Uno• Dos• Tres• Cuatro• Cinco• Seis• Siete• Ocho• Nueve

• Diez• Once• Doce• Viente• Treinta

Vocab

•Hour: Hora•Minutes: Minutos•Quarter past: Cuarto•Half past: Media

Vocab

•Time: Vez/ Veces•On the Dot: En punto

•AM: Mañana

•PM: Noche

Vocab

El Fin

Brendan, Joel, Ben, Erika, Michelle

TELLING TIME IN SPANISH

• In order to ask what time it is in Spanish, you say “¿Qué hora es?”, or literally, “What hour is it?”.

“WHAT TIME IS IT?”

• The one o’clock hour is different than the other hours because it’s singular. So, you say “es la una” for one o’clock.

“IT’S ONE O’CLOCK”

Telling Time in Spanish

2:00-12:00 Quarter pastHalf past

How to tell time after 1 o’clock

● All time after the first hour is feminine and plural

● Instead of saying “es la una…” you say “son las [hora]”

Different Clock Expressions

● Quarter pasto There are 2 ways to say quarter past

You could say the hour plus 15 minutes, or you could say the hour plus one quarter

● “Son las [hora] y quince”● “Son las [hora] y cuarto”

Different Clock Expressions (con’t)

● Half pasto There are 2 ways to say half past

You could say the hour plus 30 minutes, or you could say the hour plus one half

● “Son las [hora] y trienta”● “Son las [hora] y media”

Quiz Time!Tell us the time in spanish.If there are no volunteers within 10 seconds, we will randomly pick.

¡Vamos!

¿Qué hora es?Son las dos.

Qu hora es?

Son las doce y quinceor

Son las doce y cuarto

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¿

¿Qué hora es?

Son las cuatro.

¿Qué hora es?Son las ocho y trienta

orSon las ocho y media

Son las tres.

¿Qué hora es?

¿Qué hora es?Son las siete.

Son las cinco.

¿Qué hora es?

¡Muy Bien!By: Ben, Ellie, Mandy, Ariel, Kristen

Telling Time Using “y”

Means “and” or “in addition to” in English.

Spanish: Son las doce y trienta.

Literal English Translation: It is twelve and thirty.

“y”

“y” is typically used for 0-30 minutes after the hour.

What is “y” used for in time?

12:08Son las doce y ocho.

3:24 Son las tres y

veinticuatro.

Examples

5:11 Son las cinco y once.

4:19Son las cuatro

y diecinueve.

Examples

Telling Time in Spanish:

The Last Half of the Hour

Made by: Madeline Karli

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Using Menos From the half hour to the end of the hour you use menos.

Menos mean minus in English. To use menos in telling time you go

to the closest hour and subtract however many minutes are between the two. Ex.--- For 6:52 the hour would be 7

(siete) and then there are 8 (ocho) minutes between 7 o’clock and 6:52 and so the time would be 7 (siete) minus (menos) 8 (ocho).

The time from the half hour to the end of

the hour are written in a specific form. It is always # menos # Ex.---- ocho menos cinco 7:55

Form

The form is # menos # but before that comes son las or es la. In this sense telling time for the last half of

the hour is the same as for the first half. Son las comes before when it is the last

half of the hour for any hour between 1:30 and 12:30. Son las tres menos quice. (2:45)

Es la is used when it is between 12:30 and 1:00. Es la una menos nueve. (12:51)

Son Las and Es La

6:46 Son las siete menos

catorce 12:55

Es la una menos cinco Son las cuatro menos

veintiocho. 3:32

Son las once menos diecisiete. 10:43

Practice