Time
Time | L’heure
When speaking French, you must say the word – heure – except with midi (noon)
and minuit (midnight).
Il est onze heures. | It is eleven. (o’clock)
Il est deux heures et quart. | It is two fifteen.
Il est midi. | It is noon.
Il est minuit. | It is midnight.
The hour and minutes are separated by an 00 h 00 for heure.
5 h 20 | 5:20
Use the term:
du matin – if you wish to indicate am
Il est trois heures du matin. | It is three am
de l’après-midi – if you wish to indicate from noon until about 6 pm
Il est quatre heures de l’après-midi. | It is four o’clock in the afternoon.
du soir – to indicate from 6 pm until midnight.
Il est huit heures du soir. | It is eight pm
Time is usually expressed on a 24-hour clock.
15 h (quinze heures) | 3 :00 pm
19 h 30 (dix-neuf heures trente) | 7:30 pm
Avant-midi | A.M.
1 h | 1:00 am
2 h | 2:00 am
2 h 10 | 2:10 am
3 h | 3:00 am
3 h 15 | 3:15 am
3 h 15 | 3:15 am
4 h | 4:00 am
5 h | 5:00 am
5 h 20 | 5:20 am
6 h | 6:00 am
6 h 30 | 6:30 am
7 h | 7:00 am
8 h | 8:00 am
9 h | 9:00 am
9 h 45 | 9:45 am
9 h 45 | 9:45 am
10 h | 10:00 am
11 h | 11:00 am
12 h | 12:00 pm
Après-midi | P.M.
13 h | 1:00 pm
14 h | 2:00 pm
14 h 30 | 2:30 pm
15 h | 3:00 pm
15 h 40 | 3:40 pm
16 h| 4:00 pm
17 h | 5:00 pm
17 h 50 | 5:50 pm
18 h | 6:00 pm
19 h | 7:00 pm
20 h | 8:00 pm
21 h | 9:00 pm
22 h | 10:00 pm
23 h | 11:00 pm
24 h | 12:00 am