Portuguese telling time game
Fourteen entries covering the question and the answers. One o'clock is the odd one out: é uma hora, singular, while everything from two onward takes são duas horas, são três horas.
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Five games run on this set, since most entries are whole clauses. Kraken Escape is the right one here: it shows a time expression against an English meaning and asks whether it is right.
The 14 words you will practise
| Portuguese | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| Que horas são? | What time is it? | kee OH-rahs sowng |
| É uma hora | It is one o'clock | eh OO-mah OH-rah |
| São duas horas | It is two o'clock | sowng DOO-ahs OH-rahs |
| às oito | at eight o'clock | ahs OY-too |
| e quinze | quarter past | ee KEEN-zee |
| e meia | half past | ee MAY-ah |
| quinze para as quatro | quarter to four | KEEN-zee PAH-rah ahs KWAH-troo |
| São três e dez | It is ten past three | sowng trehs ee dehs |
| a manhã | the morning | ah mah-NYANG |
| a tarde | the afternoon | ah TAR-jee |
| a noite | the night, the evening | ah NOY-chee |
| meio-dia | midday | MAY-oo JEE-ah |
| meia-noite | midnight | MAY-ah NOY-chee |
| da manhã | in the morning, am | dah mah-NYANG |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Portuguese time and dates lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Why is one o'clock é and two o'clock são?
Portuguese agrees the verb with the number of hours. One hour takes the singular é, two or more take the plural são. Meio-dia and meia-noite are singular too, since each is one thing.
What is da manhã for?
Marking the half of the day, the way a.m. does. Oito da manhã is eight in the morning; oito da noite is eight in the evening. Brazilians use it far more often than the 24-hour clock in speech.
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