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Sep 2010
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Episode 8: Telling the time

EL PATIO SPANISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL
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To ask the time you say: ¿Qué hora es? If it’s two o’clock: son las dos, If it’s five o’clock: son las cinco, If it’s half past three: son las tres y media, If it’s a quarter past six: son las seis y cuarto, And what about a quarter to seven? son las siete menos cuarto, And if it’s one o’clock: es la una, en punto (on the dot!). 
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