Asking / Telling The Time In Español

In this post, we will be teaching readers how to ask for the time and tell the time in Spanish.

 

How to ask for the time:

¿Qué hora es?

¿Qué hora son?

How to reply:

- Es la una. - It's one o' clock.

- Son las (dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce) - It's (two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve) 'o clock.

- ...y cuarto - :15 (the reason for why they say this is because 15 is a quarter of 60) 

- ...y media - :30 

- ...menos ________. - Number of minutes before the hour

                           EXAMPLE: Son las dos menos cuarto - 2:45 (minus 15 minutes)

- Y (eee) goes before the number of minutes. It's like the word 'and'

In the real life application video, my partners will ask what time it is and we will each reply. If you are having trouble with saying numbers then there will be a post on numbers coming out soon.

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