Monday, November 21, 2011

LESSON 9 TALKING ABOUT TIME

In spansish, to ask the time, we can use:
   
      ¿Qué hora es?................What time is it?

To ansewer thise question, we use es la with time between 1: and 1:59 because is singular

 ex: es la una.....................it's 1:00

For all other times we use son las because is plural

 es:son las dos......................it's 2:00
      son las cinco..................it's 5:00

to talk about a half hour we use the word media

  ex: son las cinco y media.........it's a half past five

To ask at what time something will happenswe use

   ex: A qué hora vendrás?............at what time are you coming?

To answer the last question we use a la or a las depens if is singular or plural

   ex: vendré a la una..................I will come at 1:00
        vendré a las dos................I will come at 2:00

4 comments:

  1. Please check my sentence:
    - El tiene que llegar a esa casa a diez y medio.

    Thanks a lot..

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    1. el tiene que llegar a esa casa (or en casa) A LAS diez y mediA
      because hour (horA) is femele so mediA

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