SpanishA1Lesson 5.1
🇪🇸 Spanish A1 · Lesson 5.1

¿Qué hora es? — Telling the time

Ask and tell the time, and the days of the week.

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A quick exchange about meeting times.

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¿Qué hora es?What time is it? 🔊
Es la unaIt's one o'clock 🔊
Son las dosIt's two o'clock 🔊
y mediahalf past 🔊
el lunesMonday 🔊
el fin de semanathe weekend 🔊

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« Son las tres y media. » 🔊
It's half past three.
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¿Qué hora es? 🔊What time is it?
Son las tres y media. 🔊It's half past three.
¿A qué hora es la clase? 🔊What time is the class?
A las cuatro, el lunes. 🔊At four, on Monday.
Grammar in focus · es la / son las

Use « Es la una » only for one o'clock; for every other hour use « Son las… »: Son las dos, son las diez.

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Write your timetable for one day: two activities and the time of each.

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Tip for this task
¡Bien! Remember: « Es la una » but « Son las dos ».

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1. “It's two o'clock” is…
2. « y media » means…
3. « el lunes » is…
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