So using la/las to indicate hour (hora), not the time (tiempo) that is why it's feminine? - A que hora? not A que tiempo?

PennyA1Kwiziq community member

So using la/las to indicate hour (hora), not the time (tiempo) that is why it's feminine? - A que hora? not A que tiempo?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using A + la/las + [time] to say at what time something takes place in Spanish"

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PennyA1Kwiziq community member

sorry, I didn't know how to make tildes over the letters on my keyboard :D

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InmaKwiziq team member

Hola Penny

That is a possibility as it is logical that if we are talking about "hora" (we do not use the word "tiempo" in this context), and hora is a feminine word. It is as if we were omitting the word "hora" when we say:

-¿A qué hora vas a llegar?

-A las 9 [horas].

Saludos

Inma

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So using la/las to indicate hour (hora), not the time (tiempo) that is why it's feminine? - A que hora? not A que tiempo?

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