French: Times, Days & Dates

Ty — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:33:42 +0000

now: maintenant (mat-NAHN)
later: plus tard (ploo TAHR)
before: avant (AH-vahn)
after: après (Ah-PRAY)
morning: le matin (luh mat-TAN)
in the morning: au matin (“oh mat-AHN”); dans la matinée (dahn lah mah-TEEN-ay)
afternoon: l’après-midi (lah-PREH-mee-dee)
in the afternoon: à l’après-midi (ah lah-PREH-mee-dee)
evening: le soir (luh SWAHR)
in the evening: dans la soirée (dahng la SWAH-ray); au soir (oh swahr)
night: la nuit (lah nwee)
in the night: à la nuit (ah lah nwee)

Clock time

Note on time: the French use the 24 hour clock, with midnight being 0h00. Except on digital clocks, the in France an ‘h’ is used as a seperator between hours and minutes as opposed to a colon in many other countries.

hour: heure (air)
minute: minute (ME-noot)
From 1-30 past the hour / ___ plus ___: [hour] + plus (ploo’) + [number]; Example: 10h20 dix heure plus vignt (deez air ploo VAGN)
For 1-29 until the hour / __ ’til ___: [next hour] + moins (mwan)
quarter: quart/le quart (KAHR/luh KAHR); 7h15 = sept heures et quart (set air eh luh KAHR); 16h45 = dix sept heures moins le quart (deez SET air mwan luh KAHR); half-past : demie (duh-mee); demi (after midnight or noon, duh-mee); 10h30 = dix heure et demie (deez air eh deh-mee)

one o’clock AM, 1h00: une heure du matin (ewn er dew ma-TAN)
two o’clock AM, 2h00: deux heures du matin (duz er dew ma-TAN)
noon, 12h00: midi (mee-DEE)
one o’clock PM, 13h00: treize heure (trays air); une heure de l’après-midi (ewn er duh la-pre-mee-DEE)
two o’clock PM, 14h00: quatorze heure (kaht-orz air); deux heures de l’après-midi (duz er duh la-pre-mee-DEE)
six o’clock PM, 18h00: dix-huit heure (deez-wheat air); six heures du soir (sees er dew SWAR)
half past seven, 19h30: sept heures et demi; dix-neuf heures trente
midnight 0h00: minuit (mee-NWEE)

Duration

_____ minute(s): _____ minute(s) (mee-NOOT)
_____ hour(s): _____ heure(s) (air)
_____ day(s): _____ jour(s) (zhoor)
_____ week(s): _____ semaine(s) (SUH-men)
_____ month(s): _____ mois (mwa)
_____ year(s): _____ an(s) (ahng), année(s) (ah-NAY)
daily: quotidienne (ko-ti-dyen)
weekly: hebdomadaire (eb-doh-ma-DAYR)
monthly: mensuel (mang-suu-ELL)
yearly: annuel (an-oo-EL)

Days

today: aujourd’hui (aw-zhoor-DWEE)
yesterday: hier (EE-EUR)
tomorrow: demain (duh-MAN)
this week: cette semaine (set SUH-men)
last week: la semaine dernière (lah SUH-men dehr-NYEHR)
next week: la semaine prochaine (lah SUH-men proh-SHEN)

Note: French calendars normally start on Monday.

Monday: lundi (luhn-DEE)
Tuesday: mardi (mahr-DEE)
Wednesday: mercredi (mehr-kruh-DEE)
Thursday: jeudi (juh-DEE)
Friday: vendredi (vahn-druh-DEE)
Saturday: samedi (sahm-DEE)
Sunday: dimanche (dee-MAHNSH)

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French: Times, Days & Dates

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