Tell Time - Today’s French

Dire ou lire l’heure

Part of 5 minutes of French a Day | Beginner’s French

When you are in France, when you have meetings with French people, when you have to take the train or meet with friends, you have to know how to tell time. Here is a quick review - a sneak peak of the very comprehensive lesson on the site – with practice – to help you with telling time. Come back to see the lesson often, as it’s a subject you can’t learn at once. You’ll have to repeat it.

Let’s review first

• Quelle heure est-il ? What time is it? Il est une heure. It’s one o’clock.
• Il est quelle heure ? What time is it? Il est deux heures. It’s two o’clock.

Half hour

• Quelle heure est-il ? What time is it?
• Il est cinq heures et demie. It’s five thirty.

Quarter of an hour

• Quelle heure est-il ? What time is it?
• Il est sept heures et quart. It’s seven fifteen.

Quarter to an hour

• Quelle heure est-il ? What time is it?
• Il est neuf heures moins le quart. It’s eight forty-five.

Practice

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