278.
a. The seasons are:
| la primavera, |
the spring |
el otoño, |
the autumn |
| el verano, estío, |
the summer |
el invierno, |
the winter |
b. The months 1 are:
| enero, |
January |
julio, |
July |
| febrero, |
February |
agosto, |
August |
| marzo, |
March |
septiembre,2 |
September |
| abril, |
April |
octubre,2 |
October |
| mayo, |
May |
noviembre, |
November |
| junio, |
June |
diciembre, |
December |
c. The days of the week 1
are:
| el domingo, |
Sunday |
el jueves, |
Thursday |
| el lunes, |
Monday |
el viernes, |
Friday |
| el martes, |
Tuesday |
el sábado, |
Saturday |
| el miércoles, |
Wednesday |
The names of the seasons and of the days of the week are generally
preceded by the definite article, 35 a, 4.
d. Other expressions of time are:
| ayer, |
yesterday. |
| antier, |
day before yesterday. |
| hoy, |
to-day. |
| mañana, |
to-morrow. |
| pasado mañana, |
day after to-morrow. |
| semana, |
week. |
| la semana que viene, |
next week. |
| año, |
year. |
| el año que viene, |
next year. |
| ahora un año, hace un año, |
a year ago. |
| en quince días, |
in a fortnight. |
| ocho días, |
a week. |
| a principios de abril, |
towards the beginning of April. |
a mediados (días
understood)
de mayo, |
towards the middle of May. |
| a últimos de agosto, |
towards the end of August. |
| Viene los lunes. |
He comes (on) Mondays. |
| Se va los sábados. |
He leaves (on) Saturdays. |
| ¿A cuántos (del
mes) estamos? |
What day of the month is it? |
| Estamos a quince de junio. |
It is the 15th of June. |
| hora, |
hour. |
| minuto, |
minute. |
| segundo, |
second. |
| 1 The names of
the months and of the days of the week are usually not capitalized. |
| 2 Septiembre,
octubre are usually pronounced setiembre, otubre. |
279. The method of expressing the time of day
is illustrated by the following examples:
| ¿Qué hora
es? |
What time is it? |
| Es la una (hora
understood). |
It is one o'clock. |
| Son las dos (horas
understood). |
It is two o'clock. |
| Son las dos y diez. |
It is ten minutes past two. |
| Son las seis y cuarto. |
It is quarter past six. |
| Son las ocho y media. |
It is half past eight. |
| Son las tres menos veinte. |
It is twenty minutes of three. |
| |
Son las doce del día.
Es a mediodía. |
} |
It is noon. |
| |
Son las doce de la noche.
Es a media noche. |
} |
It is midnight. |
| |
| a las tres (horas
understood), |
at three o'clock. |
| a las ocho de la mañana, |
at eight o'clock in the morning. |
| Faltan diez para la una. |
It is ten minutes of one. |
| Pasan veinte de las dos. |
It is twenty minutes past two. |
| ¿A qué
hora salió? |
At what hour did he leave? |
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