What's the mistake?

Question

Son las once y media por la manana, yo voy la cafateria para el almuerzo There should be a mistake with "Son las"

Answer 1

The problem is that I think you want the sentence to say "At 11:30" not "It is 11:30".

There is a also mistake with the phrase "voy la cafateria".

It is missing the word Spanish word for "to" and "cafateria" is spelled wrong.

Answer 2

Por is with no specific time IE por la mañana - in the morning. De is with a specific time so DE is the one to go with here. Also IR, voy etc... needs a after. I think there are about 17 verbs that need a after them, and IR is one of them. Gracias and thanks.

Oh, thanks, Jeezzle. I didn't realize the por/de distinction with time. - Lrtward, May 12, 2010

Answer 3

Son las once y media de la mañana [tilde on ñ] y voy [omit "yo"] a la cafetería.

Or as Luciente says, A las once y media de la mañana, voy a la cafetería.

Answer 4

Look at this link from the Reference section.

To talk about time in the past, you use the imperfect tense: "era las once..."

The rest of the sentence is not in past tense, though. - Luciente, May 12, 2010

You're right...I was reading it as past tense, but it isn't. - DR1960, May 12, 2010

Past tense isn't indicated here. - tennismom, May 12, 2010

I know - nth error of the day!! (new category?) - DR1960, May 12, 2010

Answer 5

You could say it the way Luciente suggested, or you could say

Son las once y media por de la manana, y voy...