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Jiffy Spanish Lesson 5: Telling the time in Spanish

Welcome to another lesson on how to speak Spanish. Today, we will be learning how to talk about time in Spanish. Fortunately, telling the time in Spanish is quite straightforward, as you will soon see.

¿Que hora es? / What time is it?

Es muy temprano / It's very early

Son las diez y media / It is 10:30

Can you work out how to say "half-past", just by looking at the sentence above?

Es la una / It is 1 o'clock

Es la una y media / It is half-past one.

Es la una y cuarto de la manana / It is 1:15. Note that in Spanish, you would actually say, it is quarter after one.

Morning or Afternoon?

In order to avoid confusion between mornings and afternoons, please have a look at the following sentences. Compare them to the sentences above to see if you can work out what is happening.

El llega a diez y media de la manana / He arrives at 10:30 in the morning

de la manana / In the morning

Ella llega a las dos y tres cuartos de la tarde. Can you figure out what this sentence means?

Nosotros llegamos a las tres menos cinco minutos de la noche. Can you figure out what this sentence means?

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