Telling Time in French

Quelle heure est-il?

• How's the weather?

• What time is it?

• What is the date?

• Where are you from?

When talking about time, "il est" means ______.

• It is

• He is

• She is

• This is

It is 8:00am.

• Il est huit heures du matin.

• Il est neuf heures du matin.

• Il est huit heures du soir.

• C'est huit heures du matin.

Et quart

• "half past"

• "and a quarter"

• "minus the quarter"

Et demie

• half past/and a half

• quarter past

• and a quarter

• minus the half

moins le quart

• and a quarter

• half past
• minus the quarter

• and a half

What does the word "heures" mean?

• hairs

• hours

• air

• hers

Il est midi.

• It is midnight.

• It is the afternoon.

• It is 3:00.

• It is noon.

Il est minuit.

• It is noon.

• It is 11:00pm.

• It is midnight.

• It is 11:00am.

12:30 in the afternoon

• Il est douze heures moins le quart.

• Il est midi et demie.

• Il est minuit et demi.e

• Il est midi et quart.