Level 37 - Time

To tell the time start off by saying il est('it is'), then give the hour e.g. trois, then say heures ('hours'), or heure if it's 1 o'clock, and finally give the number of minutes. Instead of saying quinze and trente you have the choice of saying et quart and et demie to mean 'quarter past' and 'half past' Here are some examples.

Moins

In English we often talk about how many minutes there are until the hour, for example 'twenty to six' instead of 5.40. This happens in French too. The word moins ('minus') is used to represent this as in the examples below:

24 hour clock

This works in just the same way, except you can't use et quart, et demie or moins le quart. But we don't say half past thirteen in English either. Here are some examples.

À

À means 'at'.

Avant / après

Avant means 'before' and après means after.