12/23/10 Thursday

La Tarea: Telling Time

Ÿ Review (Repaso):          "Que hora es?" means "What time is it?".

Ÿ To Respond to this question this is how you can answer:

Ÿ To tell the time at 1:00 use: Es la una. It is one./ It is one o' clock.

Ÿ To tell the time after 1:00 use: Son + las + ___(time)___ Ex: Son las tres. It is three./ It is three o' clock.

Ÿ Let' assume it is 5:24 PM and you need to translate this into Spanish. This is how you would say it:

Ejemplo: Cinco y veinte y cuatro.

Cinco refers to the hour. - The first word.

Y means "and". It includes the minutes that follow.

Viente y Cuatro refers to the amount of minutes stated.

Other Words to Know (Otras Palabras Sabes):

Y ... and / plus

Media... half / half past/ 30 minutes

Cuarto... quarter/ quarter past/ 15 minutes

(NOTE: Cuarto differs from cuatro which means "four". Cuarto can be interchanged with quince since they both translate to "15". )

Menos... minus

Minutos: minutes

horas: hours

Es la mediodia. It is 12 noon.

Es la medianoche. It is 12 midnight.

Por la noche. In/At the night.

Por la manana. In/At the morning.

Por la tarde. In/At the afternoon.

En punto. On the dot./On time./Precisely on time.

How do you say...? (Como se Dice...?)

Ÿ 9:45 PM

* One way to say this is: Nueve y cuarenta y cinco. But, this is not usually used in Spanish speaking countries.

*Another way to say this which is more common is: Diez menos cuarto.

This translates to 10 minus 15 minutes which is 9:45. Minutes can be subtracted from the higher hour to easy tell the time.

Ÿ 10:30 AM

* One way to say this is: Diez y media por la manana.

*Another way to say this is: Diez y treinta por la manana.

** BOTH ways are acceptable but note that one sentence uses media and the other sentence uses treinta. La Tarea To Assign for Next Class:TELLING TIME DITTO: ** Numeros 1-6 & E

** Parte E is located on this Page:PARTE E IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE