حوار بين صحفى ولاعب Dialogue7

French Vocabulary · Time · audio612 kb Asking For The Day, Date, Time Demander le jour/la date/le temps
Asking for the time.
4a	Quelle heure est-il ?	What hour/time is it?	kell er ayteel
4b	Quelle heure il est ?		kell er eel ay
5	Il est [nombre] heure(s).	It is [number] hours.	eelay [nombre] er

Time

In French, "il est" is used to express the time; though it would literally translate as "he is", it is actually, in this case, equivalent to "it is" (impersonal "il"). Unlike in English, it is always important to use "heures" ("hours") when referring to the time. In English, it is OK to say, "It's nine," but this wouldn't make sense in French.

French Vocabulary · Time · audio145 kb Time Le temps
Quelle heure est-il ?	What time is it?
Il est une heure.	It is one o'clock.
Il est trois heures.	It is three o'clock.
Il est dix heures.	It is ten o'clock.
Il est midi.	It is noon.
Il est minuit.	It is midnight.
Il est quatre heures cinq.	It is five past four.
Il est quatre heures et quart.	It is a quarter past four.
Il est quatre heures moins le quart	It is a quarter till 4.
Il est quatre heures quinze.	It is four fifteen.
Il est quatre heures et demie.	It is half past four.
Il est quatre heures trente.	It is four thirty.
Il est cinq heures moins vingt.	It is twenty to five.
Il est quatre heures quarante.	It is four forty.

Times of Day

French Vocabulary · Time · audio618 kb Times of Day L'heure relatif
le lever du jour	daybreak lit:the rise of the day
le lever du soleil	sunrise lit: the rise of the sun
le soleil levant	rising sun.
le matin	morning
...du matin	A.M., lit: of the morning
hier matin	yesterday morning
le midi	noon, midday
l'après-midi (m)	afternoon
le soir	evening, in the evening
...du soir	P.M. lit: of the evening
la nuit	night
le coucher du soleil	sunset