Do Now Write out the following questions in Spanish: What is your name? How old are you? When is your birthday? How many siblings do you have? Where do you live? Where are you from?
El Tiempo & Las Preguntas
El tiempo Telling time in Spanish can be tricky; think of it as a five-step equation: _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ Son/Es + las/la + hora + y/menos + minuto La hora: feminine (so hours are in feminine form- ex: 1 PM Es la una) El minuto: masculine (so minutes are in masculine form- ex: 1:01 PM: Es la una y uno)
El tiempo “Son las” for times that are plural (2-12) “Es la” is for times that are singular (1) For example, if we want to say it is 2:05 PM.... Son + las + dos + y + cinco We use son + las because it is 2, a plural time We say dos because it’s the hour We say cinco because it’s the minute
El tiempo “Son las” for times that are plural (2-12) “Es la” is for times that are singular (1) For example, if we want to say it is 1:10 PM.... Es + la + una + y + diez We use es + la because it is 1, a singular time We say una because it’s the hour (and it’s feminine) We say diez because it’s the minute
El tiempo: using “Y” For times that are from :00 to :30, we use the word “Y” to connect the time equation Instead of saying quince, we use “cuarto” which means 15 for time purposes Ex: 3:15 Son las tres y cuarto Instead of saying treinta, we use “media” which means 30 for time purposes Ex: 6:30 Son las seis y media
El tiempo PRACTICE: Write out the following times in Spanish. Use your notes on numbers! 1:25 3:16 5:04 11:21 Here is the equation if you need it: _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ Son/Es + las/la + hora + y/menos + minuto
El tiempo For times that are from :31 to :59, we use the word “MENOS” to connect the time equation When we use menos, we have to change the numbers around because we subtract from the NEXT hour. If we wanted to say it was 2:45, we would really be saying it was 3 o’clock minus 15 minutes. Ex: 2:45 Son las TRES MENOS CUARTO
El tiempo PRACTICE: Write out the following times in Spanish. Use your notes on numbers! 1:48 7:53 9:37 TRICKY: 12:50 Here is the equation if you need it: _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ Son/Es + las/la + hora + y/menos + minuto
El tiempo: más información If we want to say what time an event is at, we say “es+a+la(s)+time” This is a literal translation so try to think of it that way Ex: The party is at 11:30 Ex: La fiesta ES A LAS ONCE Y MEDIA If it is at an hour on the dot… en punto (on the dot) Son las tres en punto (It’s 3 on the dot) Ex: The class is at 8 Ex: La clase ES A LAS OCHO EN PUNTO
El tiempo: más información Depending on the time of day, we could add: de la mañana (in the morning) Son las siete de la mañana (It’s 7 in the morning) de la tarde (in the afternoon) Son las dos de la tarde (It’s 2 in the afternoon) de la noche (in the evening) Son las once de la noche (It’s 11 in the evening)
Más Práctica Look at the first page of your worksheet. Copy down all times and write down a full expression in Spanish that corresponds to the time. For the last five, write out a full expression that includes if it’s in the morning, in the afternoon, or in the evening
Preguntas ¿Qué? What? ¿Por qué? Why? ¿Cuándo? When? ¿Dónde? Where? ¿Cómo? How? ¿Quién? ¿Quiénes? Who? Who (plural)? ¿Cuál? ¿Cuáles? Which? Which (plural)? ¿Cuánto? How much? ¿Cuántos? ¿Cuántas? How many?
Escribiendo Preguntas (Writing questions) Writing questions in Spanish is different than in English because we don’t use some question words in English like “Do” or “Does” These words are IMPLIED in our questions Ex: Do you have a brother? ¿Tú tienes un hermano? When we put a normal sentence into a question it turns the statement into a question. Ex: Tú eres alta. You are tall. Ex: ¿Tú eres alta? Are you tall? Ex: Ella habla español. She speaks Spanish. Ex: ¿Ella habla español? Does she speak Spanish?
Preguntas With some questions we will use our main question words (i.e. Who, What, Where, When, etc.) Most questions are phrased similarly in English & Spanish Ex: ¿Qué estudias? What do you study? Ex: ¿Por qué te gusta nadar? Why do you like to swim? Ex: ¿Quién es tu maestra? Who is your teacher?
Preguntas Practice writing your own questions using the second page of the worksheet. Replace the underlined words with a relevant question word. Write out the question AND the answer Ex: Hay doce alumnos en la clase. Meaning: There are twelve kids in the class. The question should be: How many kids are in the class? ¿Cuántos alumnos hay en la clase?