French - Clock Time

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Note

Back 1

(Note on time: the French use the 24 hour clock, with midnight being 0h00 (note that, except on digital clocks, in France an 'h' is used as a separator between hours and minutes as opposed to a colon in many other countries). However, the 12-hour clock is making some inroads and saying 1-11 in the afternoon or evening will be understood.

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hour

Back 2

heure

(ur)

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minute

Back 3

minute

(mee-NUUT)

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From 1-30 past the hour / ___ plus ___

Back 4

[hour] + [number]

Example:

10h20 dix heures vingt

(deez er VAGN)

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For 1-29 until the hour / __ 'til ___

Back 5

[next hour] + moins (mwan)

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quarter

Back 6

quart/le quart (KAHR/luh KAHR)

7h15 = sept heures et quart (set er eh luh KAHR)16h45 = cinq heures moins le quart

(sank er mwan luh KAHR)

half-past : demie (duh-MEE); demi (after midnight or noon, duh-MEE)

10h30 = dix heures et demie (deez er eh duh-MEE)

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one o'clock AM, 1h00

Back 7

une heure du matin

(uun er duu ma-TAN)

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two o'clock AM, 2h00

Back 8

deux heures du matin

(dooz er duu ma-TAN)

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noon, 12h00

Back 9

midi

(mee-DEE)

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one o'clock PM, 13h00

Back 10

treize heures

(traiyz er)

une heure de l'après-midi

(uun er duh la-preh-mee-DEE)

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two o'clock PM, 14h00

Back 11

quatorze heures

(KAH-torz er)

deux heures de l'après-midi

(duz er duh la-preh-mee-DEE)

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six o'clock PM, 18h00

Back 12

dix-huit heures

(deez-weet ER)

six heures du soir

(sees er dew SWAR)

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half past seven, 19h30

Back 13

sept heures et demi

(SET er eh duh-MEE) dix-

neuf heures trente

(DEE-znuf er TRAHNT)

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midnight 0h00

Back 14

minuit

(mee-NWEE)