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El tren sale a las en punto/ a las menos veinte desde las 8

 

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Old December 02, 2009, 07:10 AM
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Lightbulb El tren sale a las en punto/ a las menos veinte desde las 8

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Old December 02, 2009, 07:12 AM
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Does it mean something in Spanish?
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Old December 02, 2009, 07:18 AM
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I want to say the train leaves a las en punto fron 7 oclock
a las menos veinte desde las 8 es decir a las 8 menos 20 a las 9 menos vente etcc...
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The train leaves on schedule at twenty (minutes) to eight.
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Is this several trains? Just tell me the times they leave
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The train leaves every hour from 8 o'clock.
The train leaves every hour on the hour from 8 o'clock.

The train leaves at twenty to the hour from twenty to eight.
The train leaves every hour from twenty to eight.
The train leaves at twenty to eight and then every hour.
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