{"id":61,"date":"2024-02-21T18:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/capufren100\/chapter\/2-4-quelle-heure-est-il\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:05:51","slug":"grammaire-quelle-heure-est-il","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/capufren100\/chapter\/grammaire-quelle-heure-est-il\/","title":{"raw":"Grammaire 2: l'heure","rendered":"Grammaire 2: l’heure"},"content":{"raw":"
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Structure : L'heure <\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Quelle heure est-il ?<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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Il est # heure(s) #<\/p>\r\n

Il est # heure(s) et quart<\/p>\r\n

Il est # heure(s) et demi(e)<\/p>\r\n

Il est # heure(s) moins (le) quart<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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du matin<\/p>\r\n

de l'apr\u00e8s-midi<\/p>\r\n

du soir<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nQuelle heure est-il ?<\/span>\r\n

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(a) To ask what time it is, you say\u00a0Quelle heure est-il ?<\/a><\/p>\r\n

(b) To answer, you say: Il est<\/strong> [#] heure(s)<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\u2014 Quelle heure est-il?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u2014 Il est<\/strong> une (1) heure<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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\u00a0(What time is it?)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

(It is one (1) o'clock.)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

(c) For 12:00 P.M. you simply say midi<\/strong>. For 12:00 A.M. you simply say minuit<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\u2014 Quelle heure est-il, s'il-vous-pla\u00eet?<\/p>\r\n

\u2014 Il est midi.<\/strong> Il est minuit.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0(heures<\/del>)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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\u2014\u00a0(What time is it, please?)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u2014\u00a0(It's noon. It's midnight.)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

(d) To specify the number of minutes between hours we have the following options:<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 For minutes up to 30, just say the number of minutes after the hour:<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Il est neuf heures dix (It's 9:10)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Il est neuf heures vingt-cinq (It's 9:25)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2022 The half hour is expressed by et demi(e)<\/strong>. You can also just say\u00a0trente<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Il est neuf heures et demie.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Il est midi et demi<\/strong>.*<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Il est neuf heures trente<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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(It's 9:30)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

(It\u2019s 12:30)**<\/em><\/p>\r\n

(It's 9:30)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n*To learn when the word demi(e)<\/strong>\u00a0is spelled with an \u201ce\u201d at the end,\u00a0read this article on French spelling.<\/a>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 For minutes before the next hour (and after the half hour point), say moins<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Il est dix heures moins dix<\/strong>\u00a0[= It is 10 o'clock minus 10] (It's 9:50)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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