How many times do you look at your watch during the day? Today we are going to remember how to tell the time in Spanish:<\/p>\n
– We will use the verb \u201cser<\/strong>\u201d to express time of day, in singular if we refer to \u201cone o’clock\u201d and plural when talking about the rest. As \u201cla hora\u201d is feminine, we will use\u00a0 the feminine article \u201cla, las<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Es la una.<\/strong>\u00a0 It’s one o’clock.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Son las dos. <\/strong>It’s two o’clock.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – \u201cEn punto<\/strong>\u201d is our expression for o’clock. To add minutes we will use \u201cy<\/strong>\u201d, and to substract them we will use \u201cmenos<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Empiezo a trabajar a las ocho en punto<\/strong>. I start working at eight o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Son las tres y doce.<\/strong> It’s twelve minutes past three.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – For for quarter-hours we use \u201cy cuarto<\/strong>\u201d, \u201cmenos cuarto<\/strong>\u201d, and for half-hours \u201cy media<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Siempre almorzamos a las dos y media<\/strong>. We always have lunch at half past two.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 El autob\u00fas llega a las siete menos cuarto<\/strong>. The bus arrives at quarter to seven.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – When the hour is not specified, the preposition \u201cpor<\/strong>\u201d is generally used to indicate the time of day during which something takes place: por la ma\u00f1ana<\/strong> (in the morning), por la tarde<\/strong> (in the afternoon), por la noche<\/strong> (at night).<\/p>\n If we want to set the hour, the preposition \u201cde<\/strong>\u201d will be used.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eran las cinco de la ma\u00f1ana<\/strong>. It was five in the morning.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Siempre leo por la tarde<\/strong>. I always read in the afternoon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Some more useful expressions are \u00a0a + la(s) + time <\/strong>when talking about specific time, and \u201cdar\u201d <\/strong>with the meaning of strike:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Van a dar las cinco<\/strong>. \u00a0It is going to strike five.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 La pel\u00edcula empieza a las seis.<\/strong> The film starts at six.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – And to end with, some idioms you can’t forget:<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Son las once y pico<\/em><\/strong>. It is a little after eleven.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Es mediod\u00eda<\/em><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0medianoche<\/strong><\/em>. <\/strong><\/em>It is noon \/ midnight.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00c9l no lleg\u00f3 a tiempo<\/em><\/strong>. Nosotros \u00a0fuimos\u00a0puntuales<\/em><\/strong>. He did not come on time. We were in time.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 El avi\u00f3n lleg\u00f3 una hora atrasado<\/em><\/strong>. The plane was an hour late.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 El tren est\u00e1 adelantado<\/em><\/strong>. The train is ahead of time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Or course there are a lot more. Can you add any more to this list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How many times do you look at your watch during the day? Today we are going to remember how to tell the time in Spanish: – We will use the verb \u201cser\u201d to express time of day, in singular if we refer to \u201cone o’clock\u201d and plural when talking about the rest. As \u201cla hora\u201d…<\/p>\n