telling time

Question

when the time is one o'clock why we say {son las una} although one in spanish called uno

Es la una - Kevin-Star-13-Johnson, Feb 23, 2016

Answer 1

We don´t! We say "Es la una"
- La una is singular and feminine because it is referring to la hora. - Sometimetimes when our lesson is ended the professor will say "Es la hora" meaning (colloquially) "Times up" or "time to go

There are lessons and exercises in telling the time in spanish on the internet. They are well worth a visit. It´s a pretty important lesson to master.

You may hear it said that way, but it is wrong. - 00e657d4, Aug 17, 2010

If you lived in this area of Spain you would hear many things that are grammatically wrong but why is this so wrong_ - MaureenPeters, Aug 17, 2010

Answer 2

Memothehun said:

it is normal to see differences between languages and asking such a Q is weird I think...

I couldn't disagree more. The members of this forum are here to learn. This is a perfectly acceptable question. It an easy mistake to make since the other eleven hours of the day use this format. The question and answers that follow benefit not only the asker, but everyone else in the forum who is learning to tell time in Spanish.

I think it is important to encourage the learning process. The point of this site is not to ridicule those who have honest, pertinent questions.

well ok... but it was also a honest answer.. - memothehun, Aug 17, 2010

Fair enough. - Nicole-B, Aug 17, 2010

:) - memothehun, Aug 17, 2010

Answer 3

Hi, yuman,

You may also want to look at this recent thread.

here

Answer 4

you need to know that languages were not made by the same people... it is normal to see differences between languages and asking such a Q is weird I think...

But yumna's question isn't about why it doesn't match up with English. It's about why one times are feminine. - MacFadden, Aug 17, 2010

lol yeah... :S I see it now :) es la una... - memothehun, Aug 17, 2010