Leçon 4: L’heureMlle MuhrFrench 1

The HourThere are 60 minutes in every hour.

Each hour can be divided into 4 parts: 15/60 or 1/4.

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15

30

45

Key Vocabulary

Quelle heure est-il? “What time is it?”

Il est... “IT IS...”

Il est une heure. HOUR IS FEMININE!

Il est deux heures.

Add an “s” for anything more than one!

Vocabulary cont.

midi = noon

Il est midi.

minuit = midnight

Il est minuit.

A.M. vs. P.M.

Use the following expressions to distinguish between a.m. and p.m.:

du matin - in the morning

Il est dix heures du matin.

de l’après-midi - in the afternoonIl est deux heures de l’après-midi

du soir - in the eveningIl est huit heures du soir.

Minutes

For the minutes you just add them after “heures”

example: 10:10

Il est dix heures dix.

“A quarter past an hour”In French, to say it is 15 minutes past the hour we say it is the

time plus a quarter.

et quart

EXAMPLE: 2:15

We could say:

Il est deux heures quinze.

But in French we say:

Il est deux heures et quart.

“It’s a quarter past 2”.

“Half past the hour”

To say that it is half past the hour, we say it is that hour plus a half: et demie.

Example: 2:30

Il est deux heures et demie.

“It’s two-thirty.”

“A quarter till the hour”

To say that it is a quarter till the hour, we say the hour it is MINUS a quarter:

moins le quart

EXAMPLE: 2:45

Il est trois heures moins le quart.

“It’s a quarter to three.”

Try these on your own...

1) 10:00 a.m.

2) 11:15 a.m.

3) 12:00 p.m.

4) 3:30 p.m.

5) 4:45 a.m.

1) Il est dix heures du matin2) Il est onze heures et quart.

3) Il est midi.4) Il est trois heures et demie.

5) Il est cinq heures moins le quart.

Military time The 24-hour clock

In France, official time is based-off of the 24-hour clock (i.e. a train schedule or a t.v. schedule).

U.S. time --> Military time

Add 12 hours

Military time --> U.S time

Subtract 12 hours

Try these on your own...

Change the following times from the 24-hour clock to the 12-hour clock.

1) 18h

2) 20h30

3) 13h10

4) 15h27

5) 22h59

1) 6 p.m.2) 8:30 pm3) 1:10 pm4) 3:27 pm

5) 10:59 pm

To ask what time something is

scheduled

À quelle heure est… ?À quelle heure est… ?

À quelle heure est le film?À quelle heure est le film?Le film est à...Le film est à...

REMEMBER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION REMEMBER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION USING THE SAME FORMAT IN YOUR USING THE SAME FORMAT IN YOUR SENTENCE!SENTENCE!

Appointments

To say you have an appointment with someone you say:

J’ai un rendez-vous à...“I have an appointment (a date) at...”

Le jour et la dateKey vocabulary:

lundi

mardi

mercredi

jeudi

vendredi

samedi

dimanche

- aujourd’hui

- demain

Key phrases

Quel jour est-ce? “What day is it?”

Aujourd’hui c’est... “Today is...”

Demain, c’est... “Tomorrow is...”

Key phrases cont.

Quelle est la date? “What is the date?”

C’est le 27 octobre.

To express a date in French, the pattern is:

le + number + month

Birthdays...

C’est quand ton anniversaire?

“When is your birthday?”

Mon anniversaire est le....

“My birthday is the...”

Les mois

janvier

février

mars

avril

mai

juin

juillet

août

septembre

octobre

novembre

décembre