The document is a lesson on telling time in Spanish, detailing phrases and structures for stating the time. It covers how to ask what time it is, how to respond with examples, and provides specific vocabulary for time-related phrases. Additionally, it includes assignments for practice in telling time.

1. 12/23/10 Thursday
La Tarea: Telling Time
• Review (Repaso):
"Que hora es?" means "What time is it?".
• To Respond to this question this is how you can answer:
• To tell the time at 1:00 use: Es la una. It is one./ It is one o' clock.
• To tell the time after 1:00 use: Son + las + ___(time)___ Ex: Son las tres. It is
three./ It is three o' clock.
• 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

2. 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...?)
• 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.
• 10:30 AM

3. * 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