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The following French tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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16. French Time - Le temps
| What time is it? | Quelle heure est-il? | kell urr ay-teel |
| It is... | Il est... | eel ay |
| one o'clock | une heure | oon urr |
| two o'clock | deux heures | duh zurr |
| noon | midi | mee-dee |
| midnight | minuit | meen-wee |
| a quarter after three | trois heures et quart | twa zurr ay car |
| one o'clock sharp | une heure précise | oon urr pray-sees |
| four o'clock sharp | quatre heures précises | ka-truh urr pray-sees |
| twelve thirty | midi (minuit) et demi | meee-dee (meen-wee) ay duh-mee |
| six thirty | six heures et demie | see zurr ay duh-mee |
| a quarter to seven | sept heures moins le quart | set urr mwahn luh car |
| five twenty | cinq heures vingt | sank urr vahn |
| ten fifty | onze heures moins dix | ohnz urr mwan dees |
| in the morning/AM | du matin | doo mah-tahn |
| in the afternoon/PM | de l'après-midi | duh lah-pray mih-dee |
| in the evening/PM | du soir | doo swahr |
Note: Official French time is expressed as military time (24 hour clock.)
