How To Tell the Time in French
In this lesson we learn expressions for telling the time.
Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!
Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these words:
Part 1:
| What is the time? | |
| It is one o’clock. | |
| It is two o’clock. | |
| It is ten past two. | |
| It is a quarter past two. |
Part 2:
| It is half past two. | |
| It is twenty to three. | |
| It is quarter to three. | |
| It is midday. | |
| It is midnight. |
Notes on Usage
Quelle heure est-il?
What time is it?
| Il est… It is… | une heure one deux heures two trois heures three quatre heures four | cinq / dix / vingt five / ten/ twenty et quart fifteen (i.e. quarter past) et demie thirty (i.e. half past) moins le quart minus fifteen (i.e. quarter to) |
