2.2 Lesson Flashcards
Telling time, days, months, and ordinal numbers
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It is time to eat breakfast; are you going to cook for us?
Es hora de desayunar; ¿vas a cocinar para nosotros?
time - la hora. La hora literally means “the hour”
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What time is it?
¿Qué hora es?
What time is it? - ¿Qué hora es?. In some countries, you may also hear people use the plural ¿Qué horas son?
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It is eight o’clock in the morning
Son las ocho de la mañana
It is __ o’clock - Son las ___. Note that the conjugation of the verb ser must agree with the number it if referring to. “It is one o’clock” would be Es la una
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It is nine twenty-five (9:25) in the morning
Son las nueve y veinticinco de la mañana
It is __:___ - Son las __ y __. Note that, when spoken, the hours and minutes of time are separated by the conjunction y
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The class begins at two in the afternoon
La clase empieza a las dos de la tarde
afternoon - la tarde. Remember to use the article la. Tarde by itself means “late”
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Why are you awake at four in the morning?
¿Por qué estás despierto a las cuatro de la madrugada?
before dawn - la madrugada
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Maricarmen is asleep because it is one fifteen (1:15) in the morning
Maricarmen está dormida porque es la una y cuarto de la mañana
it is __ 15 - son las / es la __ y cuarto. Note that cuarto also means “a quarter” and that Spanish speakers generally say cuarto instead of quince when speaking of time
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It is three thirty (3:30) and I am very hungry; do you want to eat lunch?
Son las tres y media y tengo mucha hambre; ¿quieres almorzar?
It is __ thirty - son las / es la __ y media
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I want less food
Quiero menos comida
minus, less - menos
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It is two forty-five (2:45); where is your sister?
Son las tres menos cuarto; ¿dónde está tu hermana?
it is __45 - son las/es la __menos cuarto. Note that you literally say “It is three minus a quarter”. You usually tell the time for minutes 31-59 by counting backwards from the next full hour
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There are only sixteen students in the classroom, so two are missing
Sólo hay dieciséis estudiantes en la clase, entonces faltan dos
to be missing, to lack - faltar. Note that faltar is conjugated like any regular -ar ending verb. Faltar is used when aiming toward a goal. When conveying how much is left when taken from an original whole, use quedar
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There are 10 minutes left before six (5:50), do you want to go to the restaurant?
Faltan diez para las séis, ¿quieres ir al restaurante?
__minutes left - faltar + __ + para. Note that this is an alternative construction to subtracting minutes from the hour
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He has a lack of respect
Tiene una falta de respeto
a lack - una falta
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I am going to travel from New York to Washington in four hours
Voy a viajar desde Nueva York hasta Washington en cuatro horas
from (place) to (place) - desde (lugar) hasta (lugar)
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She is asleep since yesterday
Ella está dormida desde ayer
from (time), since - desde. Note that desde means “since” when talking about time, and it means “from” when talking about space or distance
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It has been raining for three hours
Hace tres horas que está lloviendo
to have been __ for (time) - hace (tiempo) que. This is usually the preferred way of expressing duration in Spanish. The direct translation is more like: “It makes 3 hours that it is raining.”
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It is nine at night
Son las nueve de la noche
night - la noche
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Is it noon in México?
¿Es mediodía en México?
noon - el mediodía
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It is midnight and the baby is awake. Tomorrow is not going to be a good day
Es medianoche y el bebé está despierto. Mañana no va a ser un buen día
midnight - la medianoche
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I always go out with my friends at night
Siempre salgo con mis amigos de noche
at night - de noche. Be careful not to confuse de noche (“at night”) with anoche (“last night”)
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Jaime is going to pass by my house
Jaime va a pasar por mi casa
to pass - pasar
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Time passes by very quickly
El tiempo pasa muy rápido
time - el tiempo. Note that tiempo is used when you want to talk about “time” as an entity, as in “Time goes by slowly”. Hora is used when you mean a more specific period of time, as in “It is time to eat”, Es hora de comer.
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You never arrive on time
Nunca llegas a tiempo
on time - a tiempo
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He is going to cook eight times this week
Va a cocinar ocho veces esta semana
time - la vez. Note that vez expresses repetition, which tiempo and hora cannot
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I sometimes go out at night
A veces salgo de noche
sometimes - a veces
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Jaime isn’t going to go to the party, but I’m going anyway
Jaime no va a ir a la fiesta, pero yo voy a ir de todos modos
anyway - de todos modos
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You are going to go out with Sofia’s boyfriend? Really?!
¿Vas a salir con el novio de Sofia? ¿En serio?
really? (to express shock or surprise) - ¿de veras?, ¿en serio?
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I like traveling from time to time
Me gusta viajar de vez en cuando
from time to time - de vez en cuando
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Do you know when they will arrive?
¿Sabes cuando van a llegar?
to arrive - llegar. Note that llegar is conjugated like any regular -ar ending verb
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Xavier and Alejandro will arrive in one hour
Xavier y Alejandro van a llegar en una hora
hour - una hora. Remember that hora means both “time” and “hour”
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He arrives in five minutes
Llega en cinco minutos
minute - el minuto
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It is the first day of school
Es el primer día de clases
first - primer, primero. Note that primero becomes primer when preceding a singular, masculine noun
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Jorge is going to be the first one to arrive at the museum
Jorge va a ser el primero en llegar al museo
museum - el museo. Note that the ordinal number must be followed by en (i.e. Voy a ser el primero en comer, el primero en conducir, etc.)
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These are the first weeks of school
Éstas son las primeras semanas de clases
week - la semana