{"id":164,"date":"2020-03-10T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductoryspanish1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=164"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:57:56","slug":"gramatica-que-hora-es","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1-2\/chapter\/gramatica-que-hora-es\/","title":{"raw":"Gram\u00e1tica: \u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es?","rendered":"Gram\u00e1tica: \u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Tell the time<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>La hora<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-540 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/26193521\/salvador-dali-2527662_960_720-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of a melted stopwatch by Salvador Dali\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Time is constructed using the following structure:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Es la \/ Son las + (hora) + y \/ menos + (minutos) + de la ma\u00f1ana \/ de la tarde \/ de la noche<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">2:10 a.m.\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_dos_y_diez_de_la_manana.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las dos y diez de la ma\u00f1ana.\u00a0\u00a0(<em>It is two-ten in the morning.<\/em>)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The word <em>hora<\/em> is feminine in Spanish, and that is why we use the article <em>la\/las<\/em> when referring to time. Now note that there are certain times that commonly use fractions of an hour instead of minutes, and certain hours have special names:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n5:00\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_cinco_en_punto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las cinco <strong>en punto.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>It\u2019s five o\u2019clock sharp \/ on the dot.<\/em>)\r\n3:15\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_tres_y_cuarto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las tres <strong>y cuarto.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>It\u2019s a quarter past three. - i.e. three-fifteen.<\/em>)<strong>\r\n<\/strong>4:30\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_cuatro_y_media.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las cuatro <strong>y media.\u00a0<\/strong> (<em>It\u2019s half past four. - i.e. four-thirty.<\/em>)\r\n1:40\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_dos_menos_veinte.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las dos <strong>menos <\/strong>veinte.*(<em>It\u2019s twenty to\/of two. - i.e. one-forty.<\/em>)\r\n6:50\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_diez_para_las_siete.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las siete <strong>menos<\/strong> diez.*\u00a0(<em>It's seven minus ten.<\/em>)\r\n1:00\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_la_una.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es la <strong>una.**\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>It\u2019s one o\u2019clock.<\/em>)\r\n12:00 am\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_medianoche.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es medianoche<\/strong> \/ Es la medianoche.\u00a0(<em>It\u2019s midnight.<\/em>)\r\n12:00 pm\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_mediodia.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><strong>Es mediod\u00eda<\/strong> \/ Es el mediod\u00eda. (<em>It\u2019s noon \/ midday.<\/em>)\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">* Note that once the time passes the 30-minute mark, we generally go up to the next hour and subtract the number of minutes before that hour.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">** <em>Son<\/em> means \"they are\", so <em>son las<\/em>... only works for numbers greater than one. To say \"it's one o'clock\", you have to say <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_la_una.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><em>Es la una.<\/em> (or <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_la_una_en_punto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><em>E<\/em><em>s la una en punto.<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>La hora de eventos<\/h4>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The question\u00a0<strong><em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/que_hora_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em>\u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es?<\/strong>\u00a0is used when we want to find out what time it is right now.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>However, if we want to know at what time something occurs, the question is <strong>\u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora es...?\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>At what time is\u2026 \/ When is ..?<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Tom\u00e1s<\/strong>: Crist\u00f3bal, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 hora es tu clase de espa\u00f1ol?\r\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Crist\u00f3bal<\/strong>: Mi clase de espa\u00f1ol es a la una y cuarto de la tarde. \u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora es tu clase de biolog\u00eda?\r\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Tom\u00e1s<\/strong>: Mi clase de biolog\u00eda es a las ocho y media de la ma\u00f1ana.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2142\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/08184904\/Cartel_Facultad_de_Biologi%CC%81a-1024x757-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade sign reads Hoy a partir de las 19:00 h. Vigilia en la facultad de Biologia\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/> \u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es 19:00h?[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMany digital clocks and printed schedules in Spanish-speaking countries use a 24-hour time format to avoid the need for \u201cAM\u201d or \u201cPM\u201d:\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>English:<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td>Spanish:<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>9:30 AM\r\n\r\n9:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td>\u2192<\/td>\r\n<td>09:30\r\n\r\n21:30<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\r\n<h4><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1148\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/21192719\/noun_practice_1876344.png\" alt=\" \" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/> Practicar<\/h4>\r\nType the time shown on the clock (or the digital readout) into the box below. Then press \"submit.\" You can do this as many times as you want to practice telling time.\r\nModelo:\r\n4:15\r\nSon las cuatro y cuarto.\r\n12:50\r\nEs la una menos diez.\r\nSon diez para la una.\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/course-building\/Spanish\/clock\/clock.html[\/embed]","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell the time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>La hora<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-540 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/26193521\/salvador-dali-2527662_960_720-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of a melted stopwatch by Salvador Dali\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Time is constructed using the following structure:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Es la \/ Son las + (hora) + y \/ menos + (minutos) + de la ma\u00f1ana \/ de la tarde \/ de la noche<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">2:10 a.m.\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_dos_y_diez_de_la_manana.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las dos y diez de la ma\u00f1ana.\u00a0\u00a0(<em>It is two-ten in the morning.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The word <em>hora<\/em> is feminine in Spanish, and that is why we use the article <em>la\/las<\/em> when referring to time. Now note that there are certain times that commonly use fractions of an hour instead of minutes, and certain hours have special names:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5:00\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_cinco_en_punto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las cinco <strong>en punto.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>It\u2019s five o\u2019clock sharp \/ on the dot.<\/em>)<br \/>\n3:15\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_tres_y_cuarto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las tres <strong>y cuarto.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>It\u2019s a quarter past three. &#8211; i.e. three-fifteen.<\/em>)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>4:30\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_cuatro_y_media.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las cuatro <strong>y media.\u00a0<\/strong> (<em>It\u2019s half past four. &#8211; i.e. four-thirty.<\/em>)<br \/>\n1:40\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_las_dos_menos_veinte.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las dos <strong>menos <\/strong>veinte.*(<em>It\u2019s twenty to\/of two. &#8211; i.e. one-forty.<\/em>)<br \/>\n6:50\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/son_diez_para_las_siete.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Son las siete <strong>menos<\/strong> diez.*\u00a0(<em>It&#8217;s seven minus ten.<\/em>)<br \/>\n1:00\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_la_una.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es la <strong>una.**\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>It\u2019s one o\u2019clock.<\/em>)<br \/>\n12:00 am\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_medianoche.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es medianoche<\/strong> \/ Es la medianoche.\u00a0(<em>It\u2019s midnight.<\/em>)<br \/>\n12:00 pm\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_mediodia.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><strong>Es mediod\u00eda<\/strong> \/ Es el mediod\u00eda. (<em>It\u2019s noon \/ midday.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">* Note that once the time passes the 30-minute mark, we generally go up to the next hour and subtract the number of minutes before that hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">** <em>Son<\/em> means &#8220;they are&#8221;, so <em>son las<\/em>&#8230; only works for numbers greater than one. To say &#8220;it&#8217;s one o&#8217;clock&#8221;, you have to say <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_la_una.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><em>Es la una.<\/em> (or <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_la_una_en_punto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><em>E<\/em><em>s la una en punto.<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h4>La hora de eventos<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The question\u00a0<strong><em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/que_hora_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em>\u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es?<\/strong>\u00a0is used when we want to find out what time it is right now.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>However, if we want to know at what time something occurs, the question is <strong>\u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora es&#8230;?\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>At what time is\u2026 \/ When is ..?<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Tom\u00e1s<\/strong>: Crist\u00f3bal, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 hora es tu clase de espa\u00f1ol?<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Crist\u00f3bal<\/strong>: Mi clase de espa\u00f1ol es a la una y cuarto de la tarde. \u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora es tu clase de biolog\u00eda?<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Tom\u00e1s<\/strong>: Mi clase de biolog\u00eda es a las ocho y media de la ma\u00f1ana.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2142\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2142\" class=\"wp-image-2142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/08184904\/Cartel_Facultad_de_Biologi%CC%81a-1024x757-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade sign reads Hoy a partir de las 19:00 h. Vigilia en la facultad de Biologia\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 hora es 19:00h?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many digital clocks and printed schedules in Spanish-speaking countries use a 24-hour time format to avoid the need for \u201cAM\u201d or \u201cPM\u201d:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>English:<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Spanish:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>9:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>\u2192<\/td>\n<td>09:30<\/p>\n<p>21:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1148\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/21192719\/noun_practice_1876344.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/> Practicar<\/h4>\n<p>Type the time shown on the clock (or the digital readout) into the box below. 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