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Which phrase correctly represents a quarter past the hour?
Which phrase correctly represents a quarter past the hour?
- Son las tres y quince
- Es la una y cuarto (correct)
- Son las dos y treinta
- Es la una y media
What is the correct way to say half past twelve?
What is the correct way to say half past twelve?
- Es la una y media
- Son las diez y media
- Son las doce y media (correct)
- Son las doce y quince
Which of the following options indicates nine-fifteen?
Which of the following options indicates nine-fifteen?
- Es la diez y cuarto
- Son las nueve y quince (correct)
- Es la nueve y media
- Son las nueve y media
Which expression is synonymous with thirty minutes past the hour?
Which expression is synonymous with thirty minutes past the hour?
Which of the following is NOT a valid way to express fifteen minutes past the hour?
Which of the following is NOT a valid way to express fifteen minutes past the hour?
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Study Notes
Expressing Time in Spanish
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Use y cuarto or y quince to indicate fifteen minutes past the hour.
- Example: Es la una y cuarto translates to "It's a quarter past one."
- Example: Son las nueve y quince translates to "It's nine-fifteen."
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Use y media or y treinta for indicating thirty minutes past the hour.
- Example: Son las doce y media translates to "It's half past twelve."
- Example: Son las siete y treinta translates to "It's seven-thirty."
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