ESPACES - PROGRAM SAMPLER

Essayez! Complete the sentences by writing out the correct times according to the cues. 1. (1:00 a.m.) Il est une heure du matin. 2. (2:50 a.m.) Il est du matin. 3. (8:30 p.m.) Il est du soir. 4. (10:08 a.m.) Il est du matin. 5. (7:15 p.m.) Il est du soir. 6. (12:00 p.m.) Il est . 7. (4:05 p.m.) Il est de l’après-midi. 8. (4:45 a.m.) Il est du matin. 9. (3:20 a.m.) Il est du matin. 10. (12:00 a.m.) Il est . • Liaison occurs between numbers and the word heure(s) . Final -s and -x in deux , trois , six , and dix are pronounced like a z . The final -f of neuf is pronounced like a v . Il est deux heures . It’s two o’clock. Il est neuf heures et quart. It’s 9:15. • You do not usually make a liaison between the verb form est and a following number that starts with a vowel sound. Il est onze heures. It’s eleven o’clock. Il est une heure vingt. It’s 1:20. Il est huit heures et demie. It’s 8:30. Expressions for telling time À quelle heure? de l’après-midi du matin du soir en avance en retard (At) what time/ when? in the afternoon in the morning in the evening early late midi minuit pile presque tard tôt vers noon midnight sharp, on the dot almost late early about Il est minuit à Paris. It’s midnight in Paris. Il est six heures du soir à New York. It’s six o’clock in the evening in New York. • The 24-hour clock is often used to express official time. Departure times, movie times, and store hours are expressed this way. Only numbers are used to tell time this way. Expressions like et demie , moins le quart , etc. are not used. Le train arrive à dix-sept heures six . The train arrives at 5:06 p.m. Le film est à vingt-deux heures trente-sept . The film is at 10:37 p.m. J’ai cours de trois heures vingt à quatre heures et demie. Stéphane! Quelle heure est-il? • In French, the hour and minutes are separated by the letter h , which stands for heure , whereas in English a colon is used. 3:25 = 3h25 11:10 = 11h10 5:15 = 5h15 À noter As you learned in Leçon 1A , when you say 21, 31, 41, etc. in French, the one agrees with the gender of the noun that follows. Therefore, 21h00 is vingt et une heures . Boîte à outils In French, there are no words for a.m. and p.m. You can use du matin for a.m. , de l’après-midi from noon until about 6 p.m., and du soir from about 6 p.m. until midnight. More activities vhlcentral pp. 25–26 p. 232 online activities À la fac UNITÉ 2 soixante-dix-sept 77