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Week 3 · Numbers, Times and Dates

Números, horas y fechas

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (Latin American Spanish).

Monday · day 15

Disculpe, ¿tiene la hora?

Excuse me, do you have the time?

Tuesday · day 16

Son las tres y media.

It's half past three.

Wednesday · day 17

El mercado cierra a las cinco y cuarto.

The market closes at a quarter past five.

Thursday · day 18

Mi cumpleaños es el doce de julio.

My birthday is July twelfth.

Friday · day 19

¿Qué día es hoy? ¿Jueves?

What day is it today? Thursday?

Saturday · day 20

Nos vemos el lunes a las ocho.

See you on Monday at eight.

Sunday · day 21

Tengo veintiocho años.

I'm twenty-eight years old.

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 15): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “July” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JULIO; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “Thursday” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JUEVES; you met it in week 3, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “market” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MERCADO; you met it in week 3, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: U, V, A → UVA, which means “grape”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 16): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “three” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, T, is already printed). The word is TRES; you met it in week 3, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “half (fem.)” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MEDIA; you met it in week 3, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to speak” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HABLAR; you met it in week 2, Tuesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: S, A, L → SAL, which means “salt”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 17): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “you repeat (usted)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, R, is already printed). The word is REPITE; you met it in week 2, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “market” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MERCADO; you met it in week 3, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “I introduce” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is PRESENTO; you met it in week 1, Saturday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, O, S → TOS, which means “cough”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 18): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “I call” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, L, is already printed). The word is LLAMO; you met it in week 1, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “Spanish (language)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is ESPAÑOL; you met it in week 2, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “I introduce” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is PRESENTO; you met it in week 1, Saturday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: A, Ñ, O → AÑO, which means “year”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 19): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “Monday” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, L, is already printed). The word is LUNES; you met it in week 3, Saturday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “Thursday” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JUEVES; you met it in week 3, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “tired (fem.)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, C, is already printed). The word is CANSADA; you met it in week 1, Friday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: U, V, A → UVA, which means “grape”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 20): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “hello” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HOLA; you met it in week 1, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “you repeat (usted)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, R, is already printed). The word is REPITE; you met it in week 2, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “a little bit” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is POQUITO; you met it in week 2, Tuesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: L, E, O → LEO, which means “I read”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 21): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “we see” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, V, is already printed). The word is VEMOS; you met it in week 1, Sunday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “kind (adj.)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is AMABLE; you met it in week 2, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “Spanish (language)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is ESPAÑOL; you met it in week 2, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: M, A, L → MAL, which means “wrong, badly”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, Spanish on the back.

W3 · 1Excuse me, do you have the time?
Disculpe, ¿tiene la hora?
W3 · 2It's half past three.
Son las tres y media.
W3 · 3The market closes at a quarter past five.
El mercado cierra a las cinco y cuarto.
W3 · 4My birthday is July twelfth.
Mi cumpleaños es el doce de julio.
W3 · 5What day is it today? Thursday?
¿Qué día es hoy? ¿Jueves?
W3 · 6See you on Monday at eight.
Nos vemos el lunes a las ocho.
W3 · 7I'm twenty-eight years old.
Tengo veintiocho años.