# A0056: What Time Is the Train?
### Introduction

Don'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!
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### Dialogue

    mujer:¿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

    mujer:¿Aquéhorasalenuestrotren? atwhathour(it) leavesourtrain woman:At what time does our train leave?
    hombre:Alastresdelatarde. atthethreeoftheafternoon man:At three o'clock in the afternoon.
    mujer:¿Yquéhoraes? andwhathour(it) is woman:And what time is it?
    hombre:¡Sonlasdoscuarenta! (they) arethetwoforty man:It's two forty.
    mujer:¡Apúrate!¡Corre! hurry (yourself)run woman:Hurry up! Run!

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man aprepositionat ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat? la horanoun (feminine)the hour, the time salirverb (infinitive)to leave (él/ella) saleverb (present tense)he/she(/it) leaves nuestro/nuestraposs. adjective (m./f.)our el trennoun (masculine)the train tresnumberthree a las tresphraseat three o'clock deprepositionof la tardenoun (feminine)the afternoon yconjunctionand serverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) esverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is ¿Qué hora es?phraseWhat time is it? (ellos/ellas) sonverb (present tense)they are dosnumbertwo Son las dos.phraseIt's two o'clock. cuarentanumberforty sereflexive pronounoneself apurarseverb (infinitive)to hurry up (oneself) tereflexive pronounyourself (informal, singular) ¡(tú) apúrate!verb (imperative)(you) hurry up (yourself)! (informal, singular) correrverb (infinitive)to run ¡(tú) corre!verb (imperative)(you) run! (informal, singular)

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    una ephrasean e enprepositionin la unaphraseone o'clock es la unaphraseit's one o'clock a la unaphraseat one o'clock las dosphrasetwo o'clock son las dosphraseit's two o'clock a las dosphraseat two o'clock las tresphrasethree o'clock las cuatrophrasefour o'clock las cincophrasefive o'clock las seisphrasesix o'clock las sietephraseseven o'clock quincenumberfifteen las quince (horas)phrasethree o'clock in the afternoon trecenumberthirteen las trece (horas)phraseone o'clock in the afternoon catorcenumberfourteen las catorce (horas)phrasetwo o'clock in the afternoon dieciséisnumbersixteen las dieciséis (horas)phrasefour o'clock in the afternoon veintenumbertwenty las veinte (horas)phraseeight o'clock in the evening ochonumbereight ¡vamonos!phraselet's go! hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This 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) |
| uno | 1 |
| dos | 2 |
| tres | 3 |
| cuatro | 4 |
| cinco | 5 |
| seis | 6 |
| siete | 7 |
| ocho | 8 |
| nueve | 9 |
| diez | 10 |
| once | 11 |
| doce | 12 |
| trece | 13 |
| catorce | 14 |
| quince | 15 |
| dieciséis | 16 |
| diecisiete | 17 |
| dieciocho | 18 |
| diecinueve | 19 |
| veinte | 20 |

### 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

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