CSG322

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Numbers

As in English, Cardinal numbers are also used to tell time in Spanish: las dos y quince (twofif-teen), dos y cuarenta y cinco (two forty-jwe), and dos y treinta (two thirty).

Notę that the preposition a + la or a + las + the time is the equivalent for at + time in English. Use the expressions of time de la manaiia (in the morning), de la tarde (in the oftemoon), and de la noche (at night) to indicate a morę precise time. They translate A.M. and P.M. in English.

• to indicate dates. Notę the use of ser:

What day is today? Today is November 3. My birthday is not on Mety first.

;Que dla es hoy? Hoy es el 3 de noviembre.

Mi cumpleanos no es el primero de mayo.

Al days of the month are indicated with Cardinal numbers except el primero (thefirst). In English, the preposition on is used where Spanish uses the definite article el to indicate when an event takes place. To tell the datę, the order of the words in Spanish is different from English. Hoy es el cinco de mayo is the equivalent of Today is May 5. However, it is also possible to use an expression with estar a + the day of the month:

Estamos a quince de marżo.    It is March 15.

Here are	the months of the	year in Spanish:
enero	January	julio	July
febrero	February	agosto	August
marżo	March	septiembre	September
abril	April	octubre	October
mayo	May	noviembre	November
junio	June	diciembre	December

ejercicio

lQue hora? iQue fecha? Escńbe en espahol. Spell all the numbers in Spanish.

1.    March 15, 1898 _

2.    It is 3:30 P.M. _

3.    July 14, 1770 _

4.    June 1, 2002 _

5.    It is 10:15 P.M. _

6.    January 31, 1999 _

7.    At 9:30 A.M. _

8.    November 30 at 7 P.M. _