12.3.1

What Time Is It?

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Quelle Heure Est-Il? - What Time Is It?

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Key vocab

  • Du matin - in the morning.
  • De l'après-midi - in the afternoon.
  • Du soir - in the evening.
  • Et quart - quarter past.
  • Et demie - half past.
  • Moins le quart - quarter to.
  • Environ - about.
  • Presque - almost, nearly.
  • Être à l'heure - to be on time.
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L'heure

  • Il est presque neuf heures du matin.
    • It is nearly 9 in the morning.
  • Il est trois heures moins le quart.
    • It is quarter to three.
  • J'aime être à l'heure.
    • I like to be on time.
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Quelle heure

  • Quelle heure est-il?
    • What time is it?
  • Il est quatre heures de l'après-midi.
    • It is four in the afternoon.

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