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Department ofModern Languages

La Lengua española

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Gramática nueva

Cómo decir la hora

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When we ask what time it is in Spanish, we say

“¿Qué hora es?”

We reply…

“Es la una…”

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Es la una.

The third-person singular of ser is used with one o’clock since it is just one hour (hora).

The singular definite article is used for the same reason.

All hours of the day are feminine in Spanish.

¿Qué hora es?

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The third-person plural of ser is used with all hours after one o’clock.

Likewise, the plural definite article is used for all hours after one o’clock.

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(etc.)

The formula for all hours after one is Son las + the hour.

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Es la una y diez.

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To express minutes after the hour, we simply add y and the number of minutes.

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Son las tres y cuarto.

or . . .

Cuarto is a masculine noun that means a quarter (of an hour).

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Voluntarios

¿Qué hora es?

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Son las cuatro y treinta.

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Son las cuatro y media.

or . . .

Medio is an adjective that means half. It is used in the feminine singular when telling time, since it modifies the unexpressed noun hora.

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Son las seis menos veinte.

or . . .

After the halfway point of a given hour, Spanish gives us the option of stating the next hour minus (menos) a number of minutes.

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Son las siete en punto.

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En punto literally means “on the dot,” and is used to stress that an exact hour is being expressed, with no minutes before or after.

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Son las doce, (la) medianoche.

Es medianoche.or . . .

¿Qué hora es?

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Expressing AM time

Son las siete de la mañana

Notice that in Spanish we say “of the morning” rather than “in the morning.”

We say de la madrugada can be used instead of de la mañana for the very early hours of the morning.

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Son las doce, (el) mediodía.

Es mediodía.or . . .

¿Qué hora es?

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Tarde is used for afternoon and evening hours. Notice that, again, we say “of the afternoon.”

Son las dos de la tarde.

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Expressing PM time

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Son las nueve menos cinco de la noche.

or . . .

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Expressing PM time

Son las ocho y cincuenta y cinco de la noche.

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¿Qué hora es?

Son las tres de la mañana.

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Voluntarios

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Son las cinco y cuarto de la mañana.

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Son las seis en punto de la mañana.

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media de la noche.

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When we talk about the time at which an event begins, we say: “At what time (hour) is . . . ?”

“¿A qué hora es...”

To answer, we must say:

“Es a la una,” or “Es a las dos,” etc.

¿A qué hora es la clase de español?

¿Qué hora es?

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Por la mañana, etc.A general reference to a span of time, as opposed to a specific hour, is expressed with the preposition por.

—¿Tienes clases por la mañana?

—Sí, todas mis clases son por la mañana, y estudio por la tarde.

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CON

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Adiós y hasta luego

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