How to Say ‘Since nine o'clock’ in Spain Spanish
Desde las nueve
DEHS-deh lahs NWEH-beh
[DEHS-deh lahs NWEH-beh]
💬 Usage Tip: Clock times take las because the hidden word horas "hours" is feminine: desde las diez "since ten". The one exception is la una "one o'clock".
Phrase Breakdown
Desde
[DEHS-deh]
since
Used with 'cuándo' to ask since when something started.
¿Desde cuándo vives aquí?
Since when have you lived here?
las
[lahs]
the (for hours)
Feminine plural article used before clock times.
Llegamos a las ocho.
We arrive at eight.
nueve
[NWEH-beh]
nine
The number 9.
Vendremos nueve amigos.
Nine friends will come.
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