Time Phrases-Help??

Question

How do you say these 3 phrases?

:

"A quarter to (_:45)"

"A quarter past (_:15)"

"Half past"

Thank you!!

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Sep 1, 2015

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum, thank you for filling out your profile.

I will simply bring over something from a site I used many years ago. Do read the whole link and not just the part I quote.

http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/time.htm

The verb ser is used to express the time of day. Use es when referring to "one o'clock" and use son when referring to all other hours.

The feminine article (la, las) is used before the hour because it refers to "la hora."

Minutes can be added to the hour using the word y (and).

Minutes can be subtracted from the hour using the word menos (less).

You can also use the words media (half) and cuarto (quarter).

Es la una y media. It's half past one.

Son las dos y cuarto. It's quarter past two.

Son las tres menos cuarto. It's quarter till three.

thank you!!! - thephandom, Sep 1, 2015

De nada. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 1, 2015