Learn Spanish Spanish Numbers, Time, and Dates 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How do you say the number 15 in Spanish?
- quince (Correct answer)
- doce
- catorce
- dieciséis
Correct answer: quince
The number 15 in Spanish is 'quince', which must be memorized as it does not follow the standard compound number pattern.
Question 2: How do you say 'It is half past three' in Spanish?
- Son las tres y media (Correct answer)
- Son las tres y cuarto
- Son las tres menos media
- Es la tres y media
Correct answer: Son las tres y media
'Son las tres y media' means 'It is three-thirty' (half past three); 'media' means half and 'y' means 'and'.
Question 3: What is the Spanish word for 'Wednesday'?
- miércoles (Correct answer)
- martes
- jueves
- viernes
Correct answer: miércoles
'Miércoles' is Wednesday in Spanish, derived from the Latin 'Mercurii dies' (day of Mercury).
Question 4: How do you express the year 2024 in Spanish?
- dos mil veinticuatro (Correct answer)
- veinte veinticuatro
- dos miles veinticuatro
- dos mil y veinticuatro
Correct answer: dos mil veinticuatro
Years in Spanish are said as full numbers: 2024 is 'dos mil veinticuatro' (two thousand twenty-four).
Question 5: What does '¿Qué hora es?' mean in English?
- What time is it? (Correct answer)
- What day is it?
- What year is it?
- How long is it?
Correct answer: What time is it?
'¿Qué hora es?' is the standard way to ask 'What time is it?' in Spanish, using 'hora' (hour/time).
Question 6: How do you say 'on Monday' in Spanish?
- el lunes (Correct answer)
- en lunes
- al lunes
- por lunes
Correct answer: el lunes
In Spanish, days of the week use the definite article 'el' (or 'los' for recurring days) instead of a preposition: 'el lunes' (on Monday).
Learn Spanish Spanish Numbers, Time, and Dates 1
How do you say the number 15 in Spanish?