Leçon 5 : Dire l'heure et parler des activités quotidiennes

Vocabulary flashcards covering French terms, expressions, grammar rules, and conversions for telling time and describing daily routines.

Quelle heure est-il ?

The standard, formal French question used to ask 'What time is it?'

Il est quelle heure ?

The informal or familiar French phrasing used to ask 'What time is it?'

Il est + heure(s) + minutes

The standard grammatical pattern used to tell the time in French (e.g., Il est une heure, Il est huit heures dix).

L’aube

Dawn; identified in the lecture as the period of the day around 05 h–06 h.

Le matin

Morning; identified in the lecture as the part of the day spanning from 06 h to 11 h 59.

L’après-midi / le soir

Afternoon / evening; identified in the lecture as covering the period from 12 h to 20 h 59.

La nuit

Night; identified in the lecture as the period running from 21 h to 24 h.

Midi

Midday or 12:00 p.m.; expressed as 12 h in the 24-hour time format.

Minuit

Midnight or 12:00 a.m.; expressed as 0 h in the 24-hour time format.

Et quart

French phrase meaning 'quarter past' or 15 minutes past the hour (e.g., 8 h 15 is expressed as 'huit heures et quart').

Et demie

French phrase meaning 'half past' or 30 minutes past the hour (e.g., 8 h 30 is expressed as 'huit heures et demie').

Moins le quart

French phrase meaning 'quarter to' the next hour or 45 minutes past the hour (e.g., 8 h 45 is expressed as 'neuf heures moins le quart').

Moins dix

French phrase meaning 'ten to' the next hour or 50 minutes past the hour (e.g., 8 h 50 is expressed as 'neuf heures moins dix').

À l’heure

On time; arriving at the exact scheduled time (e.g., arriving at 8 h 00 for a class starting at 8 h 00).

En retard

Late; arriving after the scheduled time (e.g., arriving at 8 h 22 for an 8 h 00 class).

En avance

Early; defined as arriving before the scheduled time (e.g., arriving at 7 h 49 for an 8 h 00 class).

Se réveiller

Reflexive verb meaning 'to wake up' (conjugated as: je me réveille, tu te réveilles, il/elle se réveille, nous nous réveillons, vous vous réveillez, ils/elles se réveillent).

Se laver

Reflexive verb meaning 'to wash oneself' (conjugated as: je me lave, tu te laves, il/elle se lave, nous nous lavons, vous vous lavez, ils/elles se lavent).

Se coucher

Reflexive verb meaning 'to go to bed' (conjugated as: je me couche, tu te couches, il/elle se couche, nous nous couchons, vous vous couchez, ils/elles se couchent).

Faire ses devoirs

French phrase meaning 'to do one's homework'.

Prendre le petit déjeuner

French phrase meaning 'to eat/have breakfast'.

12-hour to 24-hour format conversion rule (p.m.)

For the afternoon and evening, add 12 to the hour value (e.g., 9 h 40 du soir becomes 9 + 12 = 21 h 40).

24-hour to 12-hour format conversion rule (13 h to 23 h)

Subtract 12 from the hour value and add 'de l’après-midi' or 'du soir' (e.g., 13 h 24 becomes 1 h 24 de l’après-midi; 22 h 34 becomes 10 h 34 du soir).