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apuntes 20
How do you ask-"What time is it?" | ¿Qué hora es? |
How do you answer the question “Qué hora es?" | Use the formula:(For every hour except one o’clock) Son las + hour Son las cinco. It’s five o’clock. |
How is one o’clock special? | For one o’clock you say Es la una. |
What is some other vocabulary that is useful when speaking about the time? | Use y + minutes for the number of minutes after the hour.
Son las ocho y diez-It’s 8:10. Use menos + minutes for the number of minutes before the hour. Son las nueve menos diez other useful vocabulary: |
When do you use “de la...”? | Use de la mañana/tarde/noche when refering to a specific time/a.m. or p.m . Son las ocho de la mañana. It’s 8:00 a.m. |
When do you use “por la...:”? | Use por la mañana/tarde/noche when you want to talk about a general time. During the morning/afternoon/night. In the morning/afternoon/At night Estudio por la noche. Como mucho por la mañana |
How do you ask at what time an event is? | ¿A qué hora es + event? ¿A qué hora es la clase? (At) What time is the clase? |
How do you answer? | A las + hour A las doce y media Remember one o'clock is special |