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Monday, October 3, 2011

Week 4: Le Temps



This unit is about how we measure time.

Les mois (months)
  • janvier
  • fevrier
  • mars
  • avril
  • mai
  • juin
  • juillet
  • aout
  • septembre
  • octobre
  • novembre
  • decembre
Les jours de la semaine (the days of the week)
  • dimanche
  • lundi
  • mardi
  • mercredi
  • jeudi
  • vendredi
  • samedi

Notice that neither months nor days are capitalized in French like they are in English.

Here is how we measure time on the clock.  Be careful--in Europe, they use the 24 hour clock, so after noon, the hours will be different than most Americans are used to.

Midnight--le minuit
1:00 a.m.--une heure or 1h (notice that heure is singular, no s, because there's only 1 hour)
2:00 a.m.--deux heures or 2h (now heure is plural, heures, because there's more than 1)
3:00 a.m.--trois heures or 3h
4:00 a.m.--quatre heures or 4h
5:00 a.m.--cinq heures or 5h
6:00 a.m.--six heures or 6h
7:00 a.m.--sept heures or 7h
8:00 a.m.--huit heures or 8h
9:00 a.m.--neuf heures or 9h
10:00 a.m.--dix heures or 10h
11:00 a.m.--onze heures or 11h

Noon--le midi
1:00 p.m.--treize heures or 13h
2:00 p.m.--quatorze heures or 14h
3:00 p.m.--quinze heures or 15h
4:00 p.m.--dix-six heures or 16h
5:00 p.m.--dix-sept heures or 17h
6:00 p.m.--dix-huit heures or 18h
7:00 p.m.--dix-neuf heures or 19h
8:00 p.m.--vingt heures or 20h
9:00 p.m.--vingt-y-un heures or 21h
10:00 p.m.--vingt-deux heures or 22h
11:00 p.m.--vingt-trois heures or 23h

Assignment:

In the comment boxes, tell us what month, day, and about what time you were born (you can round the time to the nearest hour).

Use the phrase je suis nee [day], le [#] [month], vers (about) [time]. 

Example: Je suis nee mardi, le 1 decembre, vers vingt heures.
(I was born Tuesday, December 1, about 8:00 p.m.)

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