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What time is it? Que horas são?
Dizer as horas em inglês. Pergunta-se: What time is it? A resposta começa sempre com o sujeito postiço "It's": It's three o'clock. Para os minutos: (a) quarter past three (3:15), half past three (3:30), (a) quarter to four (3:45). Partes do dia: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night. Palavras novas: time, hour, minute, o'clock, half, quarter, morning, afternoon, evening, night. Canto da pronúncia: o "th" de "three" e as letras mudas.
Dialogue
Where's "it"? — Onde está "it"?
- Emma Minsu, what time is it? Minsu, que horas são?
- Minsu Is three o'clock. São três. (deslize: o inglês precisa do sujeito "It's" — diz "It's three o'clock", não omitas "it")
- Emma Start with "It's": It's three o'clock. Começa com "It's": It's three o'clock.
- Minsu Oh, it's three o'clock. It's late! Ah, são três. É tarde!
Dialogue
At what time? — A que horas?
- Jack Emma, what time is the class? Emma, a que horas é a aula?
- Emma It's at nine o'clock. É às nove.
- Jack And what time is it now? E agora, que horas são?
- Emma It's a quarter to nine. It's early. São nove menos um quarto. É cedo.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| time | n. | tempo, hora | |
| hour | n. | hora | |
| minute | n. | minuto | |
| o'clock | n. | em ponto | |
| half | n. | meia | |
| quarter | n. | quarto | |
| morning | n. | manhã | |
| afternoon | n. | tarde | |
| evening | n. | noite (início) | |
| night | n. | noite |
Grammar
Telling the time: "It's ..." Dizer as horas: "It's …"
In English you always tell the time with the dummy subject "It's": It's three o'clock, It's nine o'clock. You must NOT drop "it", even though many languages have no subject here. For the minutes, use "past" up to the half hour and "to" after it: five past three (3:05), (a) quarter past three (3:15), half past three (3:30), (a) quarter to four (3:45). Parts of the day take a preposition: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening — but at night. To ask: What time is it? For a scheduled time, use "at": The class is at nine.
Em inglês a hora diz-se sempre com o sujeito postiço "It's": It's three o'clock, It's nine o'clock. NÃO se pode omitir "it", embora muitas línguas não tenham sujeito aqui. Os minutos: usa "past" até à meia e "to" depois: five past three (3:05), (a) quarter past three (3:15), half past three (3:30), (a) quarter to four (3:45). As partes do dia levam preposição: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening — mas at night. Para perguntar: What time is it? Para uma hora marcada usa "at": The class is at nine.
- What time is it? — It's three o'clock. Que horas são? — São três horas.
- It's half past two. São duas e meia.
- It's a quarter to four. São quatro menos um quarto (3:45).
- The class is at nine in the morning. A aula é às nove da manhã.
pronunciation
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