LA HORA (The Time)

To ask the time we say:

?QUE HORA ES?

There are two ways to express the time in Spanish. You can say first the hour and then the minutes e.g. 9:50 a.m. Son las diez (hour) menos diez (minutes) or you can just read the time as you see it in a digital watch e.g. Son las nueve y cincuenta.

?Que hora es? (1:00) (What time is it?)

Es la una (en punto) (de la manana o de la tarde) (It’s one (o?clock) (in the morning or in the afternoon)

Note: When you want to express that it is 1 (one …) you must say the verb to be in the singular in Spanish. Consequently, you will say: ES la … and NOT SON las…

?Que hora es? (2:00) (What time is it?)

Son las dos (de la manana o de la tarde) (It’s two o’clock (in the morning or in the afternoon)