| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Las clases son a partir (pause with a tap of the finger) lunes. |
| Las clases son a partir (pause with a tap of the finger) lunes. |
| del |
| del |
| Las clases son a partir del lunes. |
| Las clases son a partir del lunes. |
| "Classes start on Monday." |
| We use del in this sentence because el lunes, "Monday," is a masculine singular noun. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| La reunión es a partir (pause with a tap of the finger) las 10. |
| La reunión es a partir (pause with a tap of the finger) las 10. |
| de |
| de |
| La reunión es a partir de las 10. |
| La reunión es a partir de las 10. |
| "The meeting starts at 10." |
| We use de in this sentence because it's followed by the time las 10, meaning "at 10." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| El evento es a partir (pause with a tap of the finger) mediodía. |
| El evento es a partir (pause with a tap of the finger) mediodía. |
| del |
| del |
| El evento es a partir del mediodía. |
| El evento es a partir del mediodía. |
| "The event starts at noon." |
| We use del in this sentence because el mediodía, "noon," is a masculine singular noun. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Está |
| Está abierto |
| Está abierto hasta |
| Está abierto hasta las 5 |
| Está abierto hasta las 5 de |
| Está abierto hasta las 5 de la |
| Está abierto hasta las 5 de la tarde. |
| "It's open until 5 PM." |
| Está abierto hasta las 5 de la tarde. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| La entrada al museo es a partir (del or de) las 10. |
| La entrada al museo es a partir (del or de) las 10. |
| de |
| de |
| La entrada al museo es a partir de las 10. |
| "Entry to the museum starts at 10." |
| De is used here because it's followed by a specific time, las 10, "10 o'clock." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| La fiesta es a partir (del or de) sábado. |
| La fiesta es a partir (del or de) sábado. |
| del |
| del |
| La fiesta es a partir del sábado. |
| "The party is starting Saturday." |
| Del is used here because it's a contraction of de plus el, and sábado, "Saturday," is a masculine singular noun that uses the article el. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Spanish. |
| Translate "The movie theater is open until 10." into Spanish. |
| El cine, "the movie theater" |
| followed by |
| está, "is" (from the verb estar) |
| next |
| abierto, "open" (masculine form, because cine is masculine) |
| followed by |
| hasta, "until" |
| next |
| las 10, "ten" |
| Hasta is used here because it means "until," and it shows the end time that the movie theater stays open. |
| El cine está abierto hasta las 10. |
| El cine está abierto hasta las 10. |
| "The movie theater is open until 10." |
| Translate "The concert starts at 7:00 PM." into Spanish. |
| El concierto, "the concert" |
| followed by |
| es, "is" |
| next |
| a partir de, "starting from" |
| es a partir de, "starts at" (literally means "is starting from," but translates as "starts at") |
| followed by |
| las 7, "seven" |
| next |
| de la noche, "PM" (literally, "of the night") |
| A partir de is used here because it introduces the starting point in time—it tells us when the concert begins. |
| El concierto es a partir de las 7 de la noche. |
| El concierto es a partir de las 7 de la noche. |
| "The concert starts at 7:00 PM." |
| Translate "The park is open until 6:00 PM." into Spanish. |
| El parque, "the park" |
| followed by |
| está, "is" |
| next |
| abierto, "open" |
| followed by |
| hasta, "until" |
| next |
| las 6, "six" |
| followed by |
| de la tarde, "in the afternoon" or "PM" |
| Hasta is used here because it means "until" and shows the time up to which the park remains open. |
| El parque está abierto hasta las 6 de la tarde. |
| El parque está abierto hasta las 6 de la tarde. |
| "The park is open until 6:00 PM." |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which time expression do you hear? |
| ocho y media |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| ocho y media |
| Did you hear, ocho y media? It means "eight-thirty." |
| How about...? |
| siete y cuarto |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| siete y cuarto |
| Did you hear, siete y cuarto? It means "seven-fifteen." |
| Next… |
| diez menos cuarto |
| One more time. |
| diez menos cuarto |
| Did you hear, diez menos cuarto? It means "quarter to ten." |
| And... |
| nueve en punto |
| One more time. |
| nueve en punto |
| Did you hear, nueve en punto? It means "nine o'clock sharp." |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to use a partir de and hasta in Spanish. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Nos vemos. |
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