Learn Time in French :: telling time in French

Listen to the vocabulary using the Jukebox, use the arrow on the right to go down or up into the list. Telling time in French.

1. Il est quelle heure? / What time is it?
more commun that "quelle heure est-il?"
2. Vous avez l'heure? / Have you got the time?
3. Tu as l'heure? / Have you got the time?
4. Il est 5 heures / It is 5 o'clock
5. Il est midi / It is noon
6. Il est minuit / It is midnight
7. Il est 8 heures et demi / It is half past 8
8. Il est 10 heures et quart / It is a quarter past 10
9. Il est 10 heures 15 / It is 10:15
10. Il est 9 heures moins le quart / It is a quarter to 9
11. Il est 4 heures moins 10 / It is 10 to 4
12. Matin (m)/ Morning
13. Après-midi (m or f)/ Afternoon
14. Soir (m)/ Evening
15. Nuit (f)/ Night
16. Il est 3 heures de l'après midi / It is 3pm
17 Il est 15 heures / It is 15 or 3pm
18. Minute (f)/ Minute
19. Seconde (f)/ Second (there is a "c" but we prononce a "g" like "segond"

We do not use "am" or "pm" in French, we say "du matin" or "de l'après midi", or in the afternoon we use a 24h clock!
Have you noticed that "Après-midi" is feminine or masculine, you can choose between une après-midi or un après-midi.