Time

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¿Qué hora es? - What Time Is It?

Es / Son

There are only three times when you use 'es' for talking about time.
Midday, midnight and one o'clock use 'es'.
- es la una - it is one o'clock
- es mediodía - it is midday
- es medianoche - it is midnight
For all other times, you use 'son'.
- son las tres - it is three o'clock

Past

In Spanish, to say the time past the hour, you use 'y', which means 'and'.
You literally join the hour and the minutes with 'y'.
- son las cuatro y media - it is half past four
- son las ocho y cuarto - it is quarter past eight
- son las cuatro y veinte - it is twenty past four

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To

To say it is 'something to' (minutes before the hour) in Spanish, you use 'menos'.
It’s like saying the next hour minus the minutes left.
- es la una menos cinco - it is 5 to one
- son las dos menos cuarto - it is quarter to two

At ... o'clock

To say 'at something o'clock' you need to use 'a'.
- a las once - at 11 o'clock
- a medianoche - at midnight

1You, Family & Home

1.1Introducing Yourself & Being Polite

1.1.1Name & Age

1.1.2Being Polite: Hello

1.1.3Being Polite: Please

1.1.4Introductions

1.2Looks & Personality

1.2.1Hair

1.2.2Eyes

1.2.3Physical Appearance

1.2.4Personality

1.3My Family & I

1.3.1Family Members

1.3.2Other Family Members

1.3.3Pets

1.4Days, Months & Time

1.4.1Time

1.4.2Days of the Week

1.4.3Months of the Year

1.5Numbers

1.5.1Numbers 1-10

1.5.2Numbers 11-20

1.5.3Numbers 21-29

1.5.4Numbers: 30-39

1.5.5Numbers: 40-49

1.5.6Numbers: 50-59

1.5.7Numbers: 60-69

1.5.8Numbers: 70-79

1.5.9Numbers: 80-89

1.5.10Numbers: 90-100

2School & Jobs

2.1School

2.1.1School Subjects (1/2)

2.1.2School Subjects (2/2)

3Free Time

3.1Free Time

3.1.1Sports: Jugar

3.1.2Sports: Hacer

3.1.3Music

3.2Town

3.2.1Shops (1/2)

3.2.2Shops (2/2)

3.2.3Places in Town

3.2.4Talking About Places in Town

3.3Shopping

3.3.1Liking & Not Liking

3.3.2Fruit

3.3.3Vegetables

3.3.4Clothes (1/2)

3.3.5Clothes (2/2)

3.4Holiday

3.4.1Good Weather

3.4.2Bad Weather

4Grammar

4.1Verbs

4.1.1Subject Pronouns

4.1.2Subject Pronouns: Explanation

4.1.3Verbs

4.1.4Conjugation

4.2Important Irregular Verbs

4.2.1To Be - Ser

4.2.2Uses of 'Ser' (1/2)

4.2.3Uses of 'Ser' (2/2)

4.2.4To Be - Estar

4.2.5Uses of 'Estar' (1/2)

4.2.6Uses of 'Estar' (2/2)

4.2.7'Ser' or 'Estar' (1/2)

4.2.8'Ser' or 'Estar' (2/2)

4.2.9To Have

4.2.10Uses of 'Tener'

4.3Regular Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.1Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar'

4.3.2Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.3Regular 'ER' Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.4'ER' Verbs in the Present: Examples

4.3.5Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.6Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples

4.4Verbs in the Immediate Future

4.4.1Immediate Future

4.4.2Immediate Future: Uses

4.5Negatives

4.5.1Negatives

4.5.2Just the 'Nada' Bit

4.6Nouns

4.6.1Saying 'A' & 'The' (Singular)

4.6.2Saying 'Some' and 'The' (Plural)

4.6.3Plural Nouns

4.6.4Proper Nouns (1/2)

4.6.5Proper Nouns (2/2)

4.7Adjectives

4.7.1Adjectives

4.7.2Adjectives: Spelling

4.7.3Adjectives That Don't Change

4.7.4'Grande' and 'Bueno'

4.7.5Adjectives that Change Endings

4.7.6Plural

4.7.7Possession

4.8Prepositions

4.8.1Common Prepositions

4.9Questions

4.9.1Asking Questions

4.10Conjunctions

4.10.1What Are Conjunctions?

4.11Adverbials

4.11.1Adverbs of Manner

4.11.2Adverbs of Time

4.11.3Adverbs of Place

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