Time/Numbers/Contractions/Days of the Week Flashcards
In telling time when is “es” used?
Only when followed by “la una”.
Ex: Es la una (It is one)
In telling time when is “son” used?
Any time other when using “una”.
Ex: Son las tres
When adding minutes up to and including the half hour
Minutes are added by using the numeral after “y”
Ex: Los cuatro y veinte (twenty minutes past four)
1:10
Es la una y diez
2:15
Son las dos y cuarto
2:30
Son las dos y media
Between the half hour and the next hour, minutes are subtracted from the next hour using “menos”
Las dos menos cuarto (a quarter to two)
2:40
So las dos menos veinte
Quarter of an hour
cuarto
Half an hour
media
2:15
Las dos y cuarto
2:45
Las dos menos cuarto
12;30
Las doce y media
What word is used when expressing a specific hour?
de
What word is used when no specific hour is given?
por
