ASK A QUESTION What Time is it Where You Are? (Telling time)
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What time is it where you are? If you need help, here is a lesson!
To give only the hour we use "Son las _____________" for every hour but 1:00. For example, "Son las seis" would tell someone that it was 6:00. How would we say that it was 8:00? That's right! ¡Son las ocho! And 11:00? ¡Son las once!
Why do you think telling someone it is 1:00 would be different than the other 11 hours?
Sí, eso es. 1:00 is the only singular hour. Therefore we use "Es la una!"
If you want to tell someone that something begins at a certain hour, just use an "a" in place of the es or son.
If you want to say at 6:00, it would be a las seis! And at 8:00? Sí, a las ocho. And at 11:00? That's it! ¡A las once!
To tell any time between :01 and :30 after the hour we just add the minutes to the hour. Do you remember doing some addition in Module 1? What did we use? That's right, we used "y." We use the same thing with time.
Son las seis y veinte tells someone that it is 6:20.
And 8:10? Sí, son las ocho y diez.
How about 1:25? Sí, es la una y veinticinco.
There are 2 instances in which we do not use the numbers. They are :15 (cuarto) and :30 (media.) In English we do the same. If it is 3:15, sometimes we say 3:15 and other times "a quarter after 3."
In Spanish 3:15 is just that "Son las tres y cuarto." And 4:15? Son las cuatro y cuarto. (notice the spelling of 4 and ¼)
What do we say for :30? Yes, half past. In Spanish 3:30 is Son las tres y media. And 1:30? ¡Espléndido! Es la una y media.
To tell time between :31 and :59 minutes after the hour we use menos instead of y. Say that it is 2:50. 2:50 is closer to 3:00 than 2:00.
So we say that it is 3:00 minus 10 minutes. Son las tres menos diez.
6:55 would be Son las siete menos cinco.
What about 12:40? ¡Fantástico! Es la una menos veinte.
"Cuarto" is also used as "quarter 'til." 8:45 is Son las nueve menos cuarto.
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Excellent pricess, now, maybe everybody can give us their time, I will start:
Son las 18.55.
Son las siete menos cinco.
Faltan unas 4 horas para que el Atlético de Madrid sea campeón de la Liga Europea
Atléeeeeeeeeeeeeti, Atléeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeti.
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Princess, como bien dijiste, no es así como se dice la hora, no se usa lo de "am o pm"
Dilo bien
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Las expresiones como "las cinco menos veinte" comúnmente son de locutores de radio.
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2:11pm in Florida
10:11am in Costa Rica
Son las 2:11
Son las 10:11.
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Son las 3:16 en Australia.
(yes, I am in Australia at the moment at the airport)
- when do you leave for Miami? - princessjane May 12, 2010 flag
- the time is not said like this, try again - Heidita May 12, 2010 flag
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In Philadelphia, USA:
Es la una y veintitres de la tarde. 
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Ya son las siete y media en Madrid, puffff, estoy por ir a Neptuno, a ver si hay gente....jeje, vamos, seguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuro que hay gente!!!
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En Costa Rica. Ahorita es una y cuarenta de la tarde.
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En Grecia: son las 11:33 ( once menos veinticinco) por la noche o son casi las once y media.
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Aquí, en Nueva Zealanda, son las nueve y cuarenta y cinco.
Por favor corregid mi Español.
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Son las seis menos siete por la tarde en Georgia (EEUU).
It is 5:53 in the afternoon en Georgia (USA).
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Aquí son las siete menos veinticinco y acabo de cenar. Sí, está temprano para la cena pero tenía hambre, entonces comé. 
- jeje - Delores--Lin May 12, 2010 flag
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Nice post, Princess.
En Louisiana (USA) son las seis y veintidos.
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