Talking About Time and Schedules in Spanish
How to Talk About Daily Routines, Time, and Availability Naturally
Welcome to Lesson Twelve of Your Spanish Journey
Talking about time and schedules is a major milestone.
At this point, you are no longer just naming things — you are organizing your life in Spanish.
In this lesson, you will learn how to:
Tell time in Spanish
Talk about daily routines
Say when things happen
Ask and answer schedule-related questions
Speak more Spanish without translating in your head
This lesson is intentionally long and repetitive.
That’s how fluency starts.
⏰ Why Time Spanish Is Essential
Talking about time allows you to:
Make plans
Describe your day
Understand appointments, classes, and meetings
Sound much more natural when speaking
📌 If you can talk about time, you can participate in real conversations.
🕒 Basic Time Vocabulary (Foundation)
Read slowly. Repeat out loud.
el tiempo → time
la hora → hour / time
el día → day
la mañana → morning
la tarde → afternoon
la noche → night
🗣️ Practice:
Por la mañana
Por la tarde
Por la noche
🕰️ Asking for the Time
The most common question:
¿Qué hora es?
Possible answers:
Es la una.
Son las dos.
Son las tres.
📌 Important grammar note
La una is singular
All other hours use son las
⏱️ Talking About Exact Time
Read and repeat:
Son las dos y diez.
Son las tres y media.
Son las cinco y cuarto.
Alternative (very common):
Son las seis menos cuarto.
🗣️ Say out loud:
Son las ___.
📆 Talking About Your Daily Schedule
This is where Spanish becomes real-life useful.
Read carefully:
Me levanto a las siete.
Trabajo por la mañana.
Como a las dos.
Ceno por la noche.
📌 Notice:
No subject needed
Present tense = daily routine
🔁 Common Time Expressions You Must Master
Repeat these — they appear everywhere:
todos los días → every day
a veces → sometimes
siempre → always
nunca → never
Practice sentences:
Trabajo todos los días.
A veces estudio español.
Siempre desayuno en casa.
Nunca ceno tarde.
🗓️ Talking About Availability
This is highly practical Spanish.
Examples:
Tengo tiempo.
No tengo tiempo.
Estoy ocupado.
Estoy libre.
🗣️ Combine:
Estoy libre por la tarde.
No tengo tiempo hoy.
🗣️ Mini Dialogues (Longer & More Natural)
Planning a meeting
— ¿A qué hora puedes?
— Puedo por la tarde.
— ¿A las cinco?
— Sí, perfecto.
Talking about routine
— ¿A qué hora trabajas?
— Trabajo por la mañana.
— ¿Y por la noche?
— Por la noche descanso.
Read both dialogues twice.
🚫 Common Mistakes (Very Important)
❌ Saying en la mañana (acceptable but less neutral)
❌ Forgetting a before time
❌ Overusing subject pronouns
✅ Por la mañana
✅ A las ocho
✅ Natural subject omission
🧠 Guided Practice (Core of This Lesson)
🔁 Repetition Drill
Say out loud:
Me levanto a las siete.
Trabajo por la mañana.
Como a las dos.
Ceno por la noche.
✍️ Fill the Gaps
Complete in Spanish:
Me levanto a las ____.
Trabajo por la ____.
Como a las ____.
Por la noche ____.
🎙️ Speaking Challenge
Describe your day in Spanish:
Wake-up time
Work/study time
Meal time
Free time
4–6 sentences is ideal.
🎥 Multimedia & YouTube Strategy
🎥 Video Title:
👉 How to Talk About Time in Spanish (Daily Routine Spanish)
🎯 Video CTAs:
Repeat every sentence
Pause and answer questions out loud
Describe your day in the comments (in Spanish)
📩 Lead Magnet CTA:
Download the Daily Routine Spanish PDF + Audio Practice
✅ Recap
You can now:
Ask and tell time
Talk about daily routines
Describe availability
Understand schedule conversations
➡️ Next lesson (Article 13):
Talking About Family and Relationships in Spanish
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