01015 Spanish Lesson - Telling Time (part 2)

[torterrarulz]

Many of these are incorrect- If time is past the half hour mark ( ex. 4:30-4:59 ), you use the term "menos".

What you do with these is round them up to the next hour (ex. 4:36 --> 5:00)

Now, the difference between 4:36 and 5:00 is

24 minutes.

Your answer for 4:36-

Son las cinco menos veinte y cuatro.

Another example: 1:45-

Son las dos menos cuarto.

[tontitofrito]

@torterrarulz

If I understand what you're saying, you're telling me everyone who speaks the language HAS to use "menos" after 30 minutes after the hour?

It's actually only an option. My native speaker friends tell me these things. So I'll believe them, since it's their language.

[volleyballismylife97]

These videos are helping a lot. My spanish teacher goes a little to fast and doesn't explain things clearly. Thank you for making these videos!

[Sharaluvsyew]

Yay! You're making it easier! ^_^ My Spanish teacher goes way too fast and I can't keep up! :( Hopefully, if I keep watching your videos I'll get good grades! Gracias :D

[Bossladydria12]

my teacher said that after 31 it turns into menos ___ ? HELP

[eewanem90]

your videos are so clear that i feel my spanish has improved so thank you and keep them going :D

[mraber08]

GRACIAS AMIGO

[Brownbuddy]

I love your accent so cute lol

[620panther]

This was a good video that a watched during class. It took up a lot of time which i was proud of! Haha

[yvonnezido]

your kind of hot.

[YonnyMestampo]

2:40

Y para decir la hora 10:45 no se dice "son las once menos quince"

Se dice "son las once menos cuarto·"

Se puede decir, pero es igual de raro que decir "son las 10:45 pe eme."

[YonnyMestampo]

0:40

En español el número 22 se escribe así

"VEINTIDOS"

no "VEINTE Y DOS".

Y el resto de números del 21 al 29 así.

VEINTIuno, 21

VEINTItres, 23

VEINTIcuatro, 24

VEINTIcinco, 25 ....

[androstempest]

foreigners learning Spanish tend to say "es la" for everything, it's a mistake but a common one. I have to admit I tend to do it the other way round and say "son las uno" by mistake.

[MCdassian]

hora

[latamaritabonita]

I'm a Spanish teacher in Tanzania and I've linked all 3 of these time telling videos on our blogs on wordpress; they are latamaritabonita and istlanguages - both in front of the wordpress address. You should check out some of my students videos for la Oficina del Doctor, your students could use them as a listening actividad. Keep up the good work!! Gracias, Sra. Tamara

[MrRonan56]

Merci sa ma bien aider pour mon contrôla gracias

[futbolamy86]

otro video buenísimo... muchas gracias sr. tontito... jejeje.... de verdad, me han ayudado mucho en la enseñanza de mis alumnos.

[MrFreakHeavy]

From ~:40 to ~:55 you can also say Son (a number) para las (hours). For example:

Son veinte para las cuatro. Son diez para la dos. And when is ~:45 you can say Con cuarto para las (hours) or Son 25 para las (hours).

At least in mexico. But someone already said that. Hhhmmmm, well this doesn't hurt anyone. :)

[Ramayn]

Oh by the way, great lessons Jordan, out of all the stuff on the internet these videos are the best for me. Up until you reacted to someone saying you weren't a native speaker, I presumed that you were. Although I did kinda wonder why sometimes you struggled with the 'R'..

Anyway, I'm gonna keep watching all these helpful videos and learn some more.

Muchos saludos desde Holanda!

[soccerboycr]

Ahi les va una muy buena..

Cuando alguien te pregunte que hora es, dile:

PARA UN VAGO CUALQUIER HORA ES BUENA.

ja ja ja

[moestrei]

Hola Snr Jordan, soy Martin soy aleman, vivio en Australia y trabajo en Chile.

They tell me, that because the question is: Que hora es? the answer is always: Es la......no matter if Una o dos, tres ....

Do I know weird people, or do I misunderstand?

[tontitofrito]

I've never heard of that. I've only ever heard 'es la' una'. I've never heard "es la" used with the other numbers. Y conozco a mucha gente hispanohablante. [shrug]

[Kreciunku]

Puedes hacerlo mas sencillo.

¿Que hora es? la una y media, las cinco y cuarto, las diez en punto. Que se te ha olvidado decir las en punto.

ECONOMIA del lenguaje prima sobre todo. (si es que sabes que es)

[CanadaRoksEh]

@moestrei spanish is spoken differently in ever place throughout the many spanish speaking countries. It's probably a different dialect.

[dmnelsononly]

muy bien,eres un buen maestro,pero dejame decirte que al minuto 3:15 de verdad que suena muy raro que digas son las cinco menos veintidos,tal vez porque en otros lugares lo dicen de esa manera,bueno te felicito y continua con tus clases

[NORWvie]

have i seen u in malaga before?

[priaanka87]

@c3r3zita...muchas gracias

[C3r3zita]

Jordan, unfortunately in Mexico we don't use the time for some examples like the 4:40. In mexico it would be 20 para las 5, no las 5 menos 20. I would like to know the locations where you can use these times exactly, so I can show my students the different ways depending the locations where they are going. Si la gente nos puede ayudar a decir de donde son y como dicen la hora en su pais seria genial.

[aidan3306]

Hey I am a chinese learner and I was wondering where do I find the sign "¡" or the letter "ñ" on my keyboard? It only comes in chinese letters/symbols but there must be a way to type it out in a general way.

¡Gracias! and I really enjoy the videos.

[tontitofrito]

there are a few ways... the way to make them usually is with the number pad on the right side of the keyboard. make sure num-lock is on. Hold alt and then type the following codes on the pad and release alt. alt 0191 --> ¿ alt 0161 --> ¡ alt 0225 --> á alt 0233 --> é alt 0237 --> í alt 0241 --> ñ alt 0243 --> ó alt 0250 --> ú alt 0252 --> ü Hope that helps!

[priaanka]

Hey i have a question- why do we say 'es la una' when the word for one is 'uno' ???

[tontitofrito]

my theory: una refers to 'hora' which is feminine ;-)

[C3r3zita]

@priaanka because la hora is female and you have to move uno to the female form, in this case UNA

[xgeriuz]

Un ejemplo 7:20= son las veinte pasado de las siete, o , 7:40 se podría decir= faltan veinte para las ocho. otro 6:45= Son las siete menos cuarto, 7:15= Son las siete y cuarto.

[BiRainFangirl6]

okay if you want to say 1:25 or 1:05 would say es la una or son las una at the beginning?

[tontitofrito]

1:25 - es la una y veinticinco.

1:05 - es la una y cinco.

[BiRainFangirl6]

@tontitofrito thxs my bff speaks speaks spanish and your vid's res helping me communicate so much better,Gracias!!

[icefrost74]

this is a great help thanks so much!

[Arnesia1204]

i swear dis made things alot better

[Ermpil]

@Arnesia1204

One of the best Spanish Lesson videos I have ever found! Thank you!

[Arnesia1204]

your welcome anytime!

[AkariJakon1]

The math at 2:10 is incorrect Sr. Jordan

but you wore the right shirt!

[LadiesXMan217]

thank you so much, you make it a lot easier for me to study from a video than a book, kinda inspires you to learn it. I have a test tommorow so i will tell you my resluts for 1 hour of training

[tontitofrito]

¡buena suerte! (good luck)

[fecac]

thank you soo much. I'm going through all your video's because i have a final in 1 hora, and i think you brilliant!!

[salehg979]

@tontitofrito it's the first time in youtube that i think u should be paid for the awesome effort.

[T3rr0r86]

3:54 "Diez y ocho"... I'm not sure that's wrong ._., but is more common to use "dieciocho" in this case.

[tontitofrito]

It actually is wrong (in spelling). I need to revise these videos but haven't had the time...

Gracias.

[postcopy]

you can use both!

[postcopy]

todo lo que es menos de 30 es una sola palabra como 20 es veinte; 21 es veintiuno 18= dieciocho. todo lo que es 30 o mayor son 3 palabras como 31= treinta y uno. Pero aun asi lo puedes usar 18= diez y ocho. Suerte este curso es Awesome!!

[niveacreama707]

You are an excellent teacher. I am currently study Spanish 1 (college) and viewing your videos are implementing my classes taking me to A status in grades.

Thanks and look forwarding forward to viewing future videos..

[nick71194]

can you stop making vids come on my teacher is making me do so many vids and this crap

[TheSuperAwesome]

I love ur shirt!

[stylefire]

Absolutely great videos Jordan! You are making it easy for me. Mucho gracias.

[anjaaRG]

Video no: 16 is gone..

Btw Thank you so much for doing this

[SavasBALABAN]

Bueno trabajo, gracias! Puedo hablar mas español...

[TheAngieWangie]

this is SO helpful - thank you so much!!

I really like the quizzes you have at the end - it really forces me to think :-)

[drew52335]

thx man.. i got this test tomorrow on spanish and i thought i would fail.. but now i know for sure i wont U helped alot, thank yuu

[NeonMite]

Ahaha, it takes me a whole minute to say what time it is, and in english i could do it in 5 seconds. xP

[Eyes4UOnly97]

aha dont feel bad im the same way! LOL

[hrhcrickety]

This is very helpful! thank you! did you say you have a website? :)

[playstati0n]

hey dude thanks a lot for these videos! gracias señor!! it helps a lot! :)

[playstati0n]

i love these :) gracias!

[Timmachilla]

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH

it helped alot

[luvaddict34170]

ohhh. thanks, i thought i was saying it wrong but there is two ways!

haha :)

[ceciramirez]

thanks, this helped a lot (: