Question

Need help with this--

'Write the time in sentence form (in spanish) for each of the following:

77. 1:15
78. 2:30
79. 4:45
80. 7:10

Thanks!
-MC

Answer 1

Wait a minute! We do not DO but HELP. Let me help you by telling you how to tell time.

First of all DIVIDE the clock in half, at the half hour. Everything up to the half hour will be "y" and everything from the half hour to the next hour will be "menos."

I will give you the explanation for Level I, since that is where you are.

*In time expressions, it is expresswd by " es la" with "one o'clock" and by "son las" with "two o'clock, three o'clock, etc.

Examples: Es la una. = It is one o'clock.
Son las dos (tres, etc.) = It is two o'clock (three, etc.)
¿Qué hora es? = What time is it?

Time AFTER or PAST the hour is expressed by "y"; time BEFORE the hour is expressed by "menos."
Es la una y diez. = It is ten (minutes) afer (past) one. Or It is 1:10.
Son las dos menos veinte. = It is twenty (minutes) to (of) two. OR It is 1:22.

Half past is expressed by "y media . " a quarter is expressed by "cuarto."
Son las seis y media. = It is half past six.
Son las diez y cuarto.= It is a quarter after (past) nine.

Now, try those exercises!

Sra