How to Tell Time in Spanish – European Spanish Beginner (Free Lesson for Adults)
CEFR Level:
- A2 Level (Advanced Beginner)
Goal:
At the end of your learning session, you must be able to understand the script provided on this page just by reading and listening to it. Your goal is to understand the script, not memorise it.
Learn to Tell Time in Spanish (w/ FREE Script and Audio)
Título: ¿Qué hora es?
Personajes: Carlos y Elena
Escenario: Carlos y Elena se quedan de ver cerca de un restaurante para comer juntos, pero Carlos llega con la hora cambiada en el reloj y Elena se ha quedado sin batería en el móvil.
Title: What time is it? Characters: Carlos and ElenaSetting: Carlos and Elena meet up near a restaurant to have lunch together, but Carlos arrives with the wrong time on his watch and Elena has a dead phone battery.
Elena:
¡Hola, Carlos! Por fin llegas. ¿Qué hora es? NM: Hi, Carlos! You’re finally here. What time is it? LT: Hello, Carlos! For end you arrive. What hour is?
¡Hola, Carlos! Por fin llegas. ¿Qué hora es? NM: Hi, Carlos! You’re finally here. What time is it? LT: Hello, Carlos! For end you arrive. What hour is?
Mi reloj no tiene pila, se ha parado y mi móvil se ha quedado sin batería.
NM: My watch doesn’t have a battery, it stopped, and my phone ran out of battery.
LT: My watch not has battery, itself has stopped and my mobile itself has remained without battery.
Carlos:
Hola, Elena. Perdona la tardanza. Déjame ver mi reloj digital… NM: Hi, Elena. Sorry I’m late. Let me check my digital watch… LT: Hello, Elena. Forgive the lateness. Let me see my watch digital…
Hola, Elena. Perdona la tardanza. Déjame ver mi reloj digital… NM: Hi, Elena. Sorry I’m late. Let me check my digital watch… LT: Hello, Elena. Forgive the lateness. Let me see my watch digital…
Ahora son las tres. Bueno, exactamente son las cuatro y veintiuno.
NM: Now it’s three o’clock. Well, actually it’s four twenty-one.
LT: Now are the three. Well, exactly are the four and twenty-one.
Ah, no, espera, ¿es la una y veintidós?
NM: Oh, no, wait, is it one twenty-two?
LT: Ah, no, wait, is the one and twenty-two?
Elena:
¿Me estás bromeando? ¿Qué hora es de verdad? NM: Are you kidding me? What time is it really? LT: Me you are joking? What hour is of truth?
¿Me estás bromeando? ¿Qué hora es de verdad? NM: Are you kidding me? What time is it really? LT: Me you are joking? What hour is of truth?
Necesito saber si es muy tarde.
NM: I need to know if it’s very late.
LT: I need to know if it is very late.
Pero creo que estamos justo entre el mediodía y la hora de comer, ¿no?
NM: But I think we’re right between noon and lunchtime, right?
LT: But I believe that we are right between the midday and the hour of to eat, no?
Carlos:
Este reloj es inútil; uso mi móvil. NM: This watch is useless; I’ll use my phone. LT: This watch is useless; I use my mobile.
Este reloj es inútil; uso mi móvil. NM: This watch is useless; I’ll use my phone. LT: This watch is useless; I use my mobile.
Es la una de la mañana en Nueva Zelanda, pero aquí en Madrid es la una de la tarde.
NM: It’s one in the morning in New Zealand, but here in Madrid it’s one in the afternoon.
LT: It is the one of the morning in New Zealand, but here in Madrid it is the one of the afternoon.
Para ser exactos, es la una menos cinco.
NM: To be exact, it’s five to one.
LT: For to be exact, it is the one minus five.
Elena:
Pensaba que eran las doce y media. ¿A qué hora viene Sofía? NM: I thought it was twelve-thirty. What time is Sofía coming? LT: I thought that were the twelve and half. At what hour comes Sofía?
Pensaba que eran las doce y media. ¿A qué hora viene Sofía? NM: I thought it was twelve-thirty. What time is Sofía coming? LT: I thought that were the twelve and half. At what hour comes Sofía?
Carlos:
Me ha mandado un mensaje hace un rato diciendo que llegaría en veinte minutos. NM: She sent me a message a little while ago saying she would arrive in twenty minutes. LT: To me she has sent a message makes a while saying that she would arrive in twenty minutes.
Me ha mandado un mensaje hace un rato diciendo que llegaría en veinte minutos. NM: She sent me a message a little while ago saying she would arrive in twenty minutes. LT: To me she has sent a message makes a while saying that she would arrive in twenty minutes.
O sea, llegará a la una menos cuarto.
NM: In other words, she’ll arrive at a quarter to one.
LT: Or be, she will arrive at the one minus quarter.
Elena:
Pero todavía no está. Está bien, todavía tenemos tiempo. NM: But she’s not here yet. It’s okay, we still have time. LT: But still not is. It is well, still we have time.
Pero todavía no está. Está bien, todavía tenemos tiempo. NM: But she’s not here yet. It’s okay, we still have time. LT: But still not is. It is well, still we have time.
¿Y Pablo? ¿Al final se queda a dormir en la finca esta noche con nosotros?
NM: What about Pablo? In the end, is he staying overnight at the country house with us tonight?
LT: And Pablo? At the end himself stays to sleep in the country house this night with us?
Carlos:
No estoy seguro. Le pregunté si venía y me dijo que sí llegaría a la medianoche, entre las doce y las doce y cuarto. NM: I’m not sure. I asked him if he was coming and he told me he would arrive at midnight, between twelve and twelve-fifteen. LT: Not I am sure. To him I asked if he came and to me he said that yes he would arrive at the midnight, between the twelve and the twelve and quarter.
No estoy seguro. Le pregunté si venía y me dijo que sí llegaría a la medianoche, entre las doce y las doce y cuarto. NM: I’m not sure. I asked him if he was coming and he told me he would arrive at midnight, between twelve and twelve-fifteen. LT: Not I am sure. To him I asked if he came and to me he said that yes he would arrive at the midnight, between the twelve and the twelve and quarter.
Le contesté que nosotros llegaremos antes, sobre las once de la noche.
NM: I replied that we will arrive earlier, around eleven at night.
LT: To him I answered that we will arrive before, about the eleven of the night.
Elena:
Bueno, él es muy indeciso. NM: Well, he is very indecisive. LT: Well, he is very indecisive.
Bueno, él es muy indeciso. NM: Well, he is very indecisive. LT: Well, he is very indecisive.
Oye, vamos a comer a Jollibee, ¿cuántos minutos faltan para que abra el restaurante?
NM: Hey, let’s go eat at Jollibee, how many minutes until the restaurant opens?
LT: Hear, we go to eat to Jollibee, how many minutes lack for that opens the restaurant?
Ya me entra hambre.
NM: I’m getting hungry.
LT: Already to me enters hunger.
Carlos:
Abren a la una y cuarto en punto. NM: They open at one-fifteen sharp. LT: They open at the one and quarter in point.
Abren a la una y cuarto en punto. NM: They open at one-fifteen sharp. LT: They open at the one and quarter in point.
Faltan treinta segundos, ¡hacemos una cuenta atrás!:
NM: Thirty seconds left, let’s do a countdown!:
LT: Lack thirty seconds, we make a count back!:
veintinueve, veintiocho, veintisiete, veintiséis, veinticinco,
NM: twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven, twenty-six, twenty-five,
LT: twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven, twenty-six, twenty-five,
veinticuatro, veintitrés, veintidós, veintiuno…
NM: twenty-four, twenty-three, twenty-two, twenty-one…
LT: twenty-four, twenty-three, twenty-two, twenty-one…
Elena:
Cállate, Carlos. Qué exagerado eres contando los números uno a uno. NM: Shut up, Carlos. You’re so dramatic counting the numbers one by one. LT: Shut up, Carlos. What exaggerated you are counting the numbers one to one.
Cállate, Carlos. Qué exagerado eres contando los números uno a uno. NM: Shut up, Carlos. You’re so dramatic counting the numbers one by one. LT: Shut up, Carlos. What exaggerated you are counting the numbers one to one.
Carlos:
Sofía me acaba de mandar un mensaje. NM: Sofía just sent me a message. LT: Sofía to me finishes of to send a message.
Sofía me acaba de mandar un mensaje. NM: Sofía just sent me a message. LT: Sofía to me finishes of to send a message.
Dice que ha habido un accidente de tráfico por la calle donde iba
NM: She says there was a traffic accident on the street she was taking
LT: She says that has been a accident of traffic along the street where she went
y que va a llegar sobre las dos menos cinco.
NM: and that she’s going to arrive around five to two.
LT: and that she goes to arrive about the two minus five.
Elena:
Bueno, ¿qué hacemos? ¡Ala, el restaurante ya está abierto! ¡A comer! NM: Well, what do we do? Whoa, the restaurant is already open! Let’s eat! LT: Well, what do we do? Whoa, the restaurant already is open! To eat!
Bueno, ¿qué hacemos? ¡Ala, el restaurante ya está abierto! ¡A comer! NM: Well, what do we do? Whoa, the restaurant is already open! Let’s eat! LT: Well, what do we do? Whoa, the restaurant already is open! To eat!
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