Page 32 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - 15-minute Spanish

30 WE E K 3
LA HORA Y LOS
Warm up (1minute)
NÚMEROS
Count in Spanish from
1 to 10. (pp.10–11) Time and numbers
Say “I have a reservation.”
(pp.20–1) The hour is preceded by la as in la una (one o’clock)
and las for other numbers: las dos, las tres, and
Say “The meeting is on
Wednesday.” (pp.28–9) so on. In English the minutes sometimes come first
( ( (ten to fiveten to five); in Spanish the hour comes first: las cinco
menos diez (five minus ten (five minus ten ( ).

Words to remember: time (4 minutes)
Memorize how to tell the time in Spanish.
la una one o’clock
lah oonah
la una y cinco five after one
lah oonah ee theenkoh
la una y cuarto one-fifteen
lah oonah ee kwartoh
la una y veinte one-twenty
lah oonah ee beynbeyntay
la una y media one-thirty
lah oonah ee medee-ah
las dos menos cuarto quarter to two
las dos menos kwartoh
las dos menos diez ten to two
las dos menos dynos dyeth

Useful phrases (2 minutes)
Learn these phrases and then test yourself
using the cover flap.
¿Qué hora es? What time is it?
kay orah es

¿A qué hora quiere el What time do you
desayuno? want breakfast?
ah kay orah kyairkyairay el
desah-yooyooesah-yooesah- noh
d d
La reunión es a The meeting is at noon.
mediodía.
lah reh-oonyonyonh reh-oonyonh reh-oon
la la es ah
maydyodee-ah