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Telling the time and my school day
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Quelle heure est-il ? Learn to tell the time and describe your school day.
Telling the time
At what time?
à + time = at: à huit heures = at eight o'clock.
The 24-hour clock is common in France: à quatorze heures = at 2 pm.
Les cours commencent à huit heures et demie. = Lessons start at half past eight.
Les cours finissent à quinze heures. = Lessons finish at 3 pm.
The 24-hour clock is common in France: à quatorze heures = at 2 pm.
Les cours commencent à huit heures et demie. = Lessons start at half past eight.
Les cours finissent à quinze heures. = Lessons finish at 3 pm.
My school day
la récré (break), le déjeuner (lunch), la cantine (canteen)
J'ai cinq cours par jour. = I have five lessons a day.
Le lundi, j'ai maths à neuf heures. = On Mondays I have maths at nine.
Le + day means every: le lundi = on Mondays.
J'ai cinq cours par jour. = I have five lessons a day.
Le lundi, j'ai maths à neuf heures. = On Mondays I have maths at nine.
Le + day means every: le lundi = on Mondays.
Translate: Break is at a quarter past ten.
- Break: la récré.
- is at: est à.
- a quarter past ten: dix heures et quart.
Answer: La récré est à dix heures et quart.
Il est ... heure(s). Et quart = quarter past, et demie = half past, moins le quart = quarter to. À + time = at. Le lundi = on Mondays.
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