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    Chapter 7 covers how to ask for and tell time in Portuguese, including various expressions for different times of day and how to use the 24-hour format. It also explains how to write dates in Portuguese, emphasizing the order of day, month, and year. Additionally, the chapter provides common time expressions and examples of scheduling events.

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    Chapter 7 covers how to ask for and tell time in Portuguese, including various expressions for different times of day and how to use the 24-hour format. It also explains how to write dates in Portuguese, emphasizing the order of day, month, and year. Additionally, the chapter provides common time expressions and examples of scheduling events.

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    Chapter 7: Time and Date (Hora e Data)

    Asking the time

    To ask for time, you can use any of the following questions
    and they all mean “What time is it?”

    Que horas são?


    Por favor, que horas são?
    Que hora é ele?

    To ask for time in a more formal manner:

    Você sabe que horas são?

    Telling Time

    Telling time in Portuguese is quite simple and a lot like telling


    time in English. Just say the “hour number, the word “e” (and),
    and the minute number. Hence, to say 7:20:

    São sete (horas) e vinte (minutos). -> It’s seven twenty.

    Take note that the horas and minutes are optional.


    To express an exact hour:

    São seis horas./São seis horas em ponto.


    It’s six o’clock./It’s 6:00 sharp.

    Time is always expressed in the plural except when it is at one


    o’clock when you have to say “É uma hora.”For the rest,
    you’ll use “São”. Both are forms of the verb “ser” (to be).

    To express “half an hour”, you will use the expression “e


    meia”. Hence:

    São sis e meia. -> It’s 6:30.

    To tell time after the half hour, it is more common to say the
    remaining minutes before the approaching hour and to use the
    expression “para as” before the coming hour.

    Example:
    São vinte para as seis. -> It’s twenty to six.
    São cinco para as sete. -> It’s five to seven.

    To express time which is not specific, you can use the


    following expressions:

    É meio-dia. -> It’s noon.


    É meia-noite. -> It’s midnight.

    Instead of using “am” or “pm” to describe the specific time, it


    is more common to use the expressions “da manhã” (in the
    morning), “da tarde” (in the afternoon), or da noite”(of the
    evening). To state an event that will occur at an exact time, the
    preposition “às” which means “at” is used before the hour.

    Example:
    O jogo começa às 7:00 da manhã. -> The game stars at 7:00 in
    the morning.

    To state that an event will begin and end at a certain time, you
    use the expression “das (horas) (horas)” or “das (horas) até as
    (horas)”.

    O jogo será das 7:00 até às 9:00.


    The game will be from seven to nine
    O jogo será das 7:00 até às 9:00.
    The game will be from seven till seven.

    Time -> Expression -> English

    11:5o a.m. -> São dez para as doze. -> It’s ten to twelve.
    2:15 a.m. -> São dois e quinze. -> It’s quarter pass two.
    7:10 a.m. -> sete seis. -> It’s ten past seven.
    1:25 p.m. -> Um venti e cinco da tarde. -> It’s one twenty five
    pm.
    at 8 (sharp) -> Em oito. -> It’s 8 o’clock.
    9:30 p.m. -> São nove e meia. -> It’s nine and a half.

    It is also common for people to use the 24-hour format, which


    is just a matter of subtracting 12 hours from the given time to
    get the usual 12-hour format.

    For example:
    São quinze e vinte e dois. -> It’s three twenty-two PM.
    São dezenove e quinze. -> It’s seven fifteen PM.

    uma reunião a meeting

    um
    an appointment
    compromisso

    uma consulta a consultation

    um encontro a date

    the clock/the
    o relógio
    watch

    O ônibus passa às sete e venti e cinco. There is a bus at seven


    twenty-five.
    Minha aula começa às oito e meia. My classes begin at 8:30.

    Writing Dates

    To write dates in Portuguese, you have to write in this order:


    the day first, the month, and then the year. To write the date in
    the long format, you will use the preposition “de” (of) between
    the day and the month. Remember to always write the year in
    full. Dates are never separated by a comma.

    Examples:
    24 abril 2015
    25 de dezembro 2015

    Time Expressions:

    agora now

    depois later

    antes before

    manhã morning

    tarde afternoon

    fim de tarde evening

    hoje today

    ontem yesterday

    amanhã tomorrow

    esta semana this week

    semana passada last week

    próxima
    next week
    semana

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