Section 1.8-numbers and Time/ Write
How come in section 1.8-numbers and Time/ Write, the instructions are as follows:
"Write the following times out in Spanish using "Son las" or "Es la" and the time of day (de la mañana, de la tarde, de la noche). 1. 3:30 2. 1:00 3. 9:20 4. 12:00 5. 4:15"
But the answers don't have the time of day (de la mañana, de la tarde, de la noche)?
"1. Son las tres y media. 2. Es la una. 3. Son las nueve y veinte. 4. Son las doce. 5. Son las cuatro y cuarto."
1 Answer
The answers are a later addition. The written questions did not used to have answers. When you submitted your answer it generated a discussion thread and any member interested could comment on your submission providing you with individual help. That allowed those persons reviewing your answers to learn as well as yourself. As you might imagine, however, that required a tremendous amount of resources (all lesson submittals were archived). Now Paralee has added the answers to the questions within the lesson. I would imagine in your specific case the omission was just an oversight when the answers were appended. Write your answers and we'll be happy to comment on your choices.
Remember that Spanish doesn't have a word for evening so they speak in terms of late afternoon or shortly before or after dark so you may have a harder time deciding between por la tarde and por la noche when it comes to English's evening hours. It's would be hard for me to consider 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening as por la tarde, but given the lateness of nightfall (in the northern hemisphere) in the summer and the Spanish custom of dining late in the evening it may be appropriate.
