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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