Practice time-related expressions in Spanish
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| Do you know how to use a partir de and hasta in Spanish? |
| Welcome to Three Step Spanish Practice by SpanishPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice time-related expressions. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| La entrada es a partir de las 3. |
| "Check-in starts at 3." |
| Todavía tenemos 30 minutos. Ahí está el lobby. ¿Quieres café? |
| "We still have 30 minutes. The lobby's over there. Want some coffee?" |
| a partir de |
| Sí, por favor. ¿Qué tipo de alberca hay aquí? |
| "Yes, please. What kind of pool is there here?" |
| Es una alberca techada. Está abierta hasta las 10 de la noche. |
| "It's an indoor pool. It's open until 10 PM." |
| hasta |
| A partir de means "starting from" or "as of" and is used before a time to show when something begins. |
| It often appears in phrases like [Subject] es a partir de [time], which means "[Subject] starts at [time]." |
| When the phrase is followed by a masculine singular noun with el, |
| de and el contracts into del, |
| so a partir de el lunes becomes a partir del lunes, meaning "starting from Monday." |
| Hasta means "until" and is used to say how long something lasts or remains open. You'll often see it in the pattern [Subject] está abierto/a hasta [time], meaning "[Subject] is open until [time]." |
| Hasta doesn't change form and works with all times, showing the endpoint of an action or availability. |
| Let's practice using a partir de and hasta in this lesson! |
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