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Expresiones de tiempo

June 16 - 22, 2013

Para hacer referencia al contexto temporal en el que algo ocurre utilizamos algunas de las siguientes estructuras. Observa las preposiciones que aparecen y la importancia del artículo cuando hablamos del día:

To refer to the different times of the day during which something happens, the following structures are used. Observe the prepositions and the importance of the definite article:

1.- Partes del día:
     Por la mañana

     Por la tarde

     Por la noche

Parts of the day:
In the morning
In the everning
At night


2.- Horas:
     A las cinco

     A las siete y media

     A mediodía

Hours:
At five o’clock
At seven-thirty OR half past seven
At noon


3.- El día:
     El lunes

     El cinco de noviembre

The day:
Monday
November the fifth
OR the fifth of November


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