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Quelle heure est-il?Quelle heure est-il?Pronounce: Pronounce: [kail ur ay teel][kail ur ay teel]What time is it?What time is it?

Answer with:Answer with:

Il est… heure(s).Il est… heure(s).

It is … o’clock.It is … o’clock.

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Quelle heure est-il?Quelle heure est-il?

Il est 2 heures.Il est 2 heures.

Il est 3 heures.Il est 3 heures.

Il est 4 heures.Il est 4 heures.

Il est 8 heures.Il est 8 heures.

Il est 9 heures.Il est 9 heures.

Il est 10 heures.Il est 10 heures.

Il est 11 heures.Il est 11 heures.

Il est midi/minuit.Il est midi/minuit.

It’s 2 o’clock.It’s 2 o’clock.

It’s 3 o’clock.It’s 3 o’clock.

It’s 4 o’clock.It’s 4 o’clock.

It’s 8 o’clock.It’s 8 o’clock.

It’s 9 o’clock.It’s 9 o’clock.

It’s 10 o’clock.It’s 10 o’clock.

It’s 11 o’clock.It’s 11 o’clock.

It’s noon/midnight.It’s noon/midnight.

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To add minutes:

Simply say the minutes! Quatre heures douze = 4h12

The French use h instead of :4 h 12 = 4:12

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To distinguish between A.M. and P.M.

Du matin = in the morning

[doo mah tahh]

De l’après-midi= in the afternoon

[duh lah pray mih dee]

Du soir = in the evening

[doo swahr]

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Et quart[ay car] Remember – 15

minutes is a quarter (or ¼) of an hour.

2:15, in French, is deux heures et quart

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Et demie[ay dehmee] This is the half hour (remember

demie mean half in French)

So 2:30 is “deux heures et demie”

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Moins le quart[mwah luh car]

This is like saying “15 minutes ‘til the hour”

Use the NEXT hour then “moins le quart”

so 2:45 becomes trois heures moins le quart

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Pour communiquer

How to ask at what time something is scheduled:

À quelle heure est …? [ah kell err ay …]

At what time is …? —À quelle heure est le

concert? At what time is the concert?

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Pour communiquer

To Answer when something is:

—Le concert est à huit heures. The concert is at eight. [luh konsair ay ah ooweat err]

À = at (make sure you have the accent)

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Pour communiquer

To say you have a date or an appointment:

J’ai un rendez-vous à [zjay un rond-day voo ah…]

I have a meeting/date at…

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Other words/phrases to know:

Avec [ah veck] = with À bientôt [ah bee yah toe] = see

you soon Ça va [sah vah] = that’s okay

(remember, this means other things as well…)

Nous avons le temps [new zavoh luh tohm] = we have time

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Les Jours de la SemaineThe Days of the week

lundi [luhn dee] Monday

mardi [mar dee] Tuesday

mercredi [mare cruh dee] Wednesday

jeudi [ju dee] Thursday

vendredi [voh dreh dee] Friday

samedi [ som dee] Saturday

dimanche [dee manshe] Sunday

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• French does not capitalize days,months, or holidays!

to talk about general days

• Aujourd’hui [oh zjoor dwee]– Today

• hier [yahr]– yesterday

• demain [duh mah] (nasal)– tomorrow

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to talk about days of the week• Quel jour est-ce? [kell zjoor ess]

– What day is it?

• C’est… EX: C’est mardi– It is … It is Tuesday

• À + day name = See you (day)– Example:

– À jeudi = see you Thrusday

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Les mois[lay mwah]the months

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janvier

février

mars

avril

mai

juin

juillet

They go in the same order as our months.

They are not capitalized (except at the beginning of a sentence).

août

septembre

octobre

novembre

décembre

to talk about the date:• Quelle est la date? [kell ay lah daht]

– What is the date?

• C’est… EX: C’est le 12 novembre.– It is … It is November 12 th.

• TO SAY THE FIRST OF A MONTH:– le premier

– C’est le premier juin. It is the first of June.

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La date: remember the DAY goes first!!!

We say February 14th, 2012.

French speakers say:

Le 14 février 2012.

Or 14/2/2012

We say October 31st, 2011.

French speakers say:

Le 31 octobre 2011.

Or 31/10/2011

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Day/ Month/ Year

C’est quand, ton anniversaire?<say kah, tah ann ee ver sair>

Mon anniversaire est le (insert date)!

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Les saisons [lay say soh]

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L'hiver

[lee vair] Winter (think of Shiver)

To say “in winter” → en hiver

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Le printemps

[luh prah tohm] (nasal) Spring

Think of floral “PRINTS”

To say “in Spring” → au printemps

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L'été

[lay tay] Summer Think of iced tea (le thé)

To say “in Summer” → en été

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L'automne

[low tum] Autumn (or Fall) Looks similar in English

To say “in Autumn” → en automne

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Some other words to know:

Regarde [ray gard] Look! Le pique-nique [peek neek] picnic Écoute [eh koot] Listen Ça n’a pas d’importance It doesn’t

matter. [sah nah pah dam poor tahns]

Pour quoi? [poor kwah] Why? Parce que [pars kuh] because

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To talk about the weather:

Quel temps fait-il?

[kell tohm fet-eel]

How’s the weather?

** be careful do not confuse temps with TIME

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Le temps: (the weather)

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Il fait beau. [eel fay bow]

The weather is beautiful.

Il fait bon. [eel fay boh]

The weather is nice.

Il fait chaud. [eel fay show]

The weather is hot.

Le temps: (the weather)

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Il fait froid. [eel fay fwah] NOT FREUD.

The weather is cold.

Il fait frais. [eel fay fray]

The weather is cool/breezy.

Il fait mauvais. [eel fay moe vay]

The weather is nasty/yucky.

Le temps: (the weather)

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Il pleut. [eel pluh]

It is raining.

Il neige. [eel nehzj]

It is snowing.

NOTE: There is not “fait” on these two.

As a general rule, if there is precipitation, you will not use “fait”.