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L’Heure

L’Heure. Telling time in French is just a matter of knowing the French numbers and a few formulas and rules. The French word for "time," as in "what time is it?" is l'heure , not le temps . The latter means time as in "I spent a lot of time there.". L’heure.

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L’Heure

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  1. L’Heure • Telling time in French is just a matter of knowing the French numbers and a few formulas and rules. • The French word for "time," as in "what time is it?" is l'heure, not le temps. The latter means time as in "I spent a lot of time there."

  2. L’heure • In English, we often leave out "o'clock“ • it's perfectly fine to say "It's seven" or "I'm leaving at three-thirty." Not so in French - you always have to say heure (except with midi and minuit). • In French, the hour and minute are separated by h (for heure) where in English we use a colon :

  3. L’heure • French doesn't have words for "a.m." and "p.m." You can use du matin for a.m., de l'après-midi from noon until about 6 p.m., and du soir from 6 p.m. until midnight, but time is usually expressed on a 24-hour clock. Thus 3 p.m. is normally expressed as quinzeheures or 15h00, but you can also say troisheures de l'après-midi.

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