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OBJECTIVE:
Add minutes to the hour in telling time.
TASK:
Watch the clock and tell the time in Spanish every time the minute changes. That should about cover it, especially if you do it for a couple of hour straight.
PERPLEXED?
How relevant is time anyway ???
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Developing Listening Skills ...

¡Hola!
Now that you've thoroughly learned your numbers from 0 - 12, we'd better add a little bit to how we tell time:
We learned that to say: "It's 1:00." say "Es la una."
We learned that to say: "It's 2:00." say "Son las dos."
We learned that to say: "It's 5:00." say "Son las cinco."
But now we add some minutes to the time:
To say: "It's 1:01." we say "Es la una y uno."
To say: "It's 2:01." we say "Son las dos y uno."
To say: "It's 3:02." we say "Son las tres y dos."
To say: "It's 4:05." we say "Son las cuatro y cinco."
To say: "It's 5:03." we say "Son las cinco y tres."
To say: "It's 6:02." we say "Son las seis y dos."

Do you see a pattern?

It'll gell soon ...

Going back to Day 7, you learned that "hay" says "there is" or "there are."

Look at the following statements, and figure out what's happening:

Hay uno. There's one.
Hay dos. There are two.
Hay tres. There are three.
Hay cuatro. There are four.
Hay cinco. There are five.
Hay diez. There are ten.
Hay once. There are eleven.
Hay doce. There are twelve.

 

All of these statements would respond to the question:

¿Cuántos hay?

You were already taken to the "Interrogatives" page before, and that's where you saw that word before:

"¿Cuántos?"

Starting Points in Language Study:

Proper pronunciation is a must for being understood. If you have an accent, don't worry. Sometimes they go away with time. And besides, ... there are so many regional dialects, it's hard to keep up with native speakers. But again: practice anyway! The more clearly you speak, the better results you'll get in being understood.

For the sake of practice, really get down on the numbers! Knowing these backwards and forward can bring your pronunciation up to snuff. So visit the Numbers Page for extra practice.

When telling time, am and pm are stated by providing the part of the day the hour occurs. For am, add "de la mañana." For pm, add "de la tarde" or "de la noche."

That's enough for today!
Ya basta para hoy ....

Come back tomorrow, and see what else you can learn.

¡Hasta mañana!
el profe