LANG 9050-Spanish IA-Chapter 1-Telling Time

Question 1

QUESTION:

What goes before one o’clock?

Answer 1

ANSWER:

Es la

Question 2

QUESTIONS:

1. What gender is “hours”?
2. What is used before hours? singular & plural?

Answer 2

ANSWER:

1. Feminine

2a. “la” - only with one o’clock
2b. “las” - with all other time

Question 3

QUESTION:

Minutes can be added to the hour by using what word?

Answer 3

ANSWER:

“y” (meaning and)

Question 4

QUESTION:

Minutes can be subtracted from the hour by using what word?

Answer 4

ANSWER:

“menos” (meaning minus)

Question 5

QUESTION:

What is the word that means on the half hour?

Answer 5

ANSWER:

media

Question 6

QUESTION:

What are the words that mean on the quarter hour?

Answer 6

ANSWER:

1. y cuarto
2. y quince

Question 7

QUESTION:

What are the words that differentiates between a.m. or morning; the afternoon or p.m.; & the evening or p.m.

Answer 7

ANSWER:

1. de la mañana
2. de la tarde
3. de la noche

Question 8

morning

Use it in a sentence.

Answer 8

de la mañana

Son las ______ de la mañana

Question 9

noon

Use it in a sentence.

Answer 9

Es el mediodía

1. Es el mediodía. (in book)
2. Son las doce del dia. (in book)
3. Es medio día. (Google Translate)

Question 10

afternoon

Use it in a sentence.

Answer 10

de la tarde

Son las ______ de la tarde

Question 11

evening

Use it in a sentence.

Answer 11

de la noche

Son las ______ de la noche

Question 12

What time is it?

Answer 12

¿Que hora es?

Question 13

QUESTION:

How do you express the half hour?

Answer 13

ANSWER:

1. y media
2. y treinta

Question 14

QUESTION:

How do you express time from the half hour to the hour?

Answer 14

ANSWER:

You subtract the minutes or portion of the half hour by the next hour.

You use the word “menos”.

Question 15

QUESTION:

How do you express time from the hour to the half hour?

Answer 15

ANSWER:

You add minutes to the hour.

e.g. Son las cuatro y cinco de la tarde.

Question 16

midnight

Use it in a sentence.

Answer 16

la medianoche

Es la medianoche.

Question 17

on the dot

Use it in a sentence.

Answer 17

en punto

Son las ocho en punto.

Question 18

QUESTION:

To ask at what time a particular event takes place what phrase do you use?

Answer 18

ANSWER:

You use the phrase: ¿A qué hora (…)?

Question 19

QUESTION:

To state at what time something takes place how do you start the sentence?

Answer 19

ANSWER:

A la(s) + the time

e.g. A la una.
A las ocho.

Question 20

QUESTION:

What goes after one o’clock?

Answer 20

ANSWER:

Son las…