THE TIME : L'HEURE

Repeat

Quelle heure est-il ? What time is-it ?
Est-ce que vous avez l'heure s'il vous plaît ? Do you know what time it is, please?

AM
Il est zéro heure.
Il est une heure
Il est deux heures
Il est trois heures
Il est quatre heures
Il est cinq heures
Il est six heures
Il est sept heures
Il est huit heures
Il est neuf heures
Il est dix heures
Il est onze heures

PM
Il est douze heures.
Il est treize heures
Il est quatorze heures
Il est quinze heures
Il est seize heures
Il est dix-sept heures
Il est dix-huit heures
Il est dix-neuf heures
Il est vingt heures
Il est vingt et une heure
Il est vingt-deux heures
Il est vingt-trois heures

Watch out !! In English, the expression o'clock may be left out when giving the time. In French, the word heure (or heures if it's more than one o'clock) is always used. It is abbreviated as h.
Be very careful about the pronunciation ; there are lots of liaisons involved, and most importantly, THE WORD HEURE(S) IS pronouced IN THE SAME BREATH AS THE NUMBER, as if it were an weird ending to it.
So train if you want your message to get accross !

A quelle heure est le concert ? At what time is the concert ?
Le concert est à huit heures du soir. The concert is at 8 PM.

When it comes to telling the time, you have several ways.

The Official Time

Same idea as your military time, but much more used in France. All our formal shedules (TV, train, plane, business…) will use this official time. You run a 24 hours clock, and add the minutes straight after the word heure(s).
ex: le train est à 13h48. (1:48 PM). Le film est à 21h30 (9:30 PM)…

Exercise

Don't forget to use "h" instead of ":" when you write down your times !
2h45,13h20,1h40,6h25,3h28,14h12,2h30,1h50,15h16,21h15,5h02,6h05,8h37,
12h11,20h18,11h55,21h15,4h29,17h40,7h52,19h30, 15h24, 17h45, 23h09,
12h56, 17h49, 13h01, 15h55, 12h10, 23h59, 14h15, 18h30, 12h47, 16h20,
13h12, 15h16, 17h42, 13h27, 18h10, 11h00.

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