Telling the time
To tell the time, start off by saying il est ('it is'), then give the hour e.g. quatre, then say heures ('hours'), or heure if it's 1 o'clock, and finally give the number of minutes. Instead of saying quinze and trente you have the choice of saying et quart and et demie to mean 'quarter past' and 'half past'
Here are some examples:
Here are some examples:
il est une heure cinq
il est deux heures dix il est trois heures quinze il est trois heures et quart il est quatre heures vingt il est cinq heures vingt-cinq il est six heures trente il est six heures et demie il est deux heures moins cinq
il est trois heures moins dix il est trois heures moins quinze il est trois heures moins le quart il est quatre heures moins vingt il est cinq heures moins vingt-cinq |
it's 1.05
it's 2.10 it's 3.15 it's quarter past three it's 4.20 it's 5.25 it's 6.30 it's half past six it's five to two
it's ten to three it's fifteen to three it's quarter to three it's twenty to four it's twenty-five to five |