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A0056: What Time Is the Train?
editIntroduction
editDon't panic! Take your time with this lesson! Not only are Liliana and JP talking about a lot of numbers but also about times and hours — including the funny 24-hour system. We learn that JP doesn't like it and even Liliana seems to get it wrong at one point. Anyway, the key phrases are: ¿Qué hora es? – What time is it? and ¡Apúrate! – Hurry up!
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0092: How old are you?, A0112: What is your telephone number?, A0122: Telephone card
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Dialogue
editmujer: ¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? hombre: A las tres de la tarde. mujer: ¿Y qué hora es? hombre: ¡Son las dos cuarenta! mujer: ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre!
Dialogue with Translation
editmujer: ¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? at what hour (it) leaves our train woman: At what time does our train leave?
hombre: A las tres de la tarde. at the three of the afternoon man: At three o'clock in the afternoon.
mujer: ¿Y qué hora es? and what hour (it) is woman: And what time is it?
hombre: ¡Son las dos cuarenta! (they) are the two forty man: It's two forty.
mujer: ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre! hurry (yourself) run woman: Hurry up! Run!
Vocabulary for Dialogue
editla mujer noun (feminine) the woman el hombre noun (masculine) the man a preposition at ¿qué? interrogative pronoun what? la hora noun (feminine) the hour, the time salir verb (infinitive) to leave (él/ella) sale verb (present tense) he/she(/it) leaves nuestro/nuestra poss. adjective (m./f.) our el tren noun (masculine) the train tres number three a las tres phrase at three o'clock de preposition of la tarde noun (feminine) the afternoon y conjunction and ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is ¿Qué hora es? phrase What time is it? (ellos/ellas) son verb (present tense) they are dos number two Son las dos. phrase It's two o'clock. cuarenta number forty se reflexive pronoun oneself apurarse verb (infinitive) to hurry up (oneself) te reflexive pronoun yourself (informal, singular) ¡(tú) apúrate! verb (imperative) (you) hurry up (yourself)! (informal, singular) correr verb (infinitive) to run ¡(tú) corre! verb (imperative) (you) run! (informal, singular)
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson
edituna e phrase an e en preposition in la una phrase one o'clock es la una phrase it's one o'clock a la una phrase at one o'clock las dos phrase two o'clock son las dos phrase it's two o'clock a las dos phrase at two o'clock las tres phrase three o'clock las cuatro phrase four o'clock las cinco phrase five o'clock las seis phrase six o'clock las siete phrase seven o'clock quince number fifteen las quince (horas) phrase three o'clock in the afternoon trece number thirteen las trece (horas) phrase one o'clock in the afternoon catorce number fourteen las catorce (horas) phrase two o'clock in the afternoon dieciséis number sixteen las dieciséis (horas) phrase four o'clock in the afternoon veinte number twenty las veinte (horas) phrase eight o'clock in the evening ocho number eight ¡vamonos! phrase let's go! hasta luego phrase see you later
More Vocabulary
editThis section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| salir | infinitive | to leave |
| (yo) salgo | present tense | I leave |
| (tú) sales | you leave (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) sale | he/she(/it) leaves | |
| (usted) sale | you leave (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) salimos | we leave (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) salís | you leave (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) salen | they leave (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) salen | you leave (formal, plural) | |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| apúrarse | infinitive | to hurry up (oneself) |
| ¡(tú) apúrate! | imperative | (you) hurry up (yourself)! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) apúrese! | (you) hurry up (yourself)! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) apurémonos! | (let's) hurry up (ourselves)! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) apuraos! | (you) hurry up (yourselves)! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) apúrense! | (you) hurry up (yourselves)! (formal, plural) | |
| correr | infinitive | to run |
| ¡(tú) corre! | imperative | (you) run! (informal, singular) |
| ¡(usted) corra! | (you) run! (formal, singular) | |
| ¡(nosotros/-as) corramos! | (let's) run! (m./f.) | |
| ¡(vosotros/-as) corred! | (you) run! (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| ¡(ustedes) corran! | (you) run! (formal, plural) |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? At what time does our train leave? A las tres de la tarde. At three o'clock in the afternoon. ¿Y qué hora es? And what time is it? ¡Son las dos cuarenta! It's two forty. ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre! Hurry up! Run!
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
At what time does our train leave? ¿A qué hora sale nuestro tren? At three o'clock in the afternoon. A las tres de la tarde. And what time is it? ¿Y qué hora es? It's two forty. ¡Son las dos cuarenta! Hurry up! Run! ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre!
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
What time is it? ¿Qué hora es? It's one o'clock. Es la una. And at what time does the train leave? ¿Y a qué hora sale el tren? Our train leaves at three o'clock in the afternoon. Nuestro tren sale a las tres de la tarde. Hurry up! Run! (speaking to a watch) ¡Apúrate! ¡Corre!
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
At what time does your train leave? (formal, singular) ¿A qué hora sale su tren? At five o'clock in the afternoon. A las cinco de la tarde. And what time is it? ¿Y qué hora es? It's four forty. ¡Son las cuatro cuarenta! Hurry up! Run! (formal, singular) ¡Apúrese! ¡Corra!
Image Credits
- “Image:The Empire State Express 1893.jpg” by A.P. Yates (Public Domain)
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