Leçon 4A Quelle heure est-il?

Start a new page in your notes. P.10 Title your page L’Heure (Time) Today, we will be learning how to tell time in French. While there are some similarities to how we tell time in English, there will be some new vocabulary at our disposal. We will also be using the numbers we have already learned, of course…now would be a good time to review numbers 1-59, since that is what we will need. =) I will tell you when you need to start writing, so for now, just listen and read along! Ecrivez(write): To ask what time it is: Quelle heure est-il? To answer: Il est… (continue to next slide to discover how to say the time!)

Écoutez! (Listen) Les heures (hours) Un  une Sept Deux Huit Trois Neuf Quatre Dix Cinq Onze Six Douze  Midi/minuit To say “o’clock,” we add “heure(s).” Ecrivez! (Write down any pronunciation changes and the word for “o’clock” We CANNOT omit it!)

How to distinguish A.M vs. P.M. Ecrivez! (Write all this down…maybe not word-for-word, but have it in your notes!) In order to know what time of day we are talking about in French, we use the following expressions: Du matin = in the morning De l’après-midi = in the afternoon Du soir = in the evening ***Note culturelle: The French often use 24-hour, or military time, when dealing with timetables, i.e. transportation, TV, and school schedules. To use it, simply add 12 hours to anything after 12pm(noon): i.e. 8h00 du soir = 20h00 (vingt heures). To do the reverse, subtract 12 hours from any number over 12 to get the standard time. i.e. 13h00 = 1h00 de l’après-midi.

Minutes (Les minutes) Ecrivez! (Write this down!) To express the minutes in French, we can simply state the exact minutes. Ex: Il est 3h40 = Il est trois heures quarante. There are also expressions for certain times, like in English. We have: Et quart = quarter after Il est deux heures et quart. = It is 2:15. Et demie = half past Il est onze heures et demie. = It is 11:30. Moins le quart* = quarter to Il est quatre heures moins le quart. = It is a quarter to 4 (3:45). *When using this expression, you are counting up to the NEXT hour, NOT THE CURRENT HOUR!!!  Very important!

Practice Activity 1 – Practice p.10 Turn to p.57 in your textbook. Look at the clocks in Activité1. I will narrate a dialog (Number your notebook from 1-7, you are only going to write down a letter for each answer, so please conserve your space wisely. We will be doing a LOT of practice!). Write down the letter of the watch that matches the time that was stated. We’ll look at number 1 together: Quelle heure est-il? -- Il est sept heures. You should have put A for number 1 – 7:00. Commencez! (Begin!)

Practice Activity 2: Quelle heure est-il? Now let’s practice writing out times in French. In Activity 2 (the one below the activity we completed on the previous slide), we now see analog clocks. Please write out how you would express each time. Note the example: You would simply write “Il est quatre heures” in your notebook. You do NOT need to give a time of day! (Also, remember that “noon” and “midnight” do not use the word “heures”). Also, remember to start each sentence with “Il est…”

Un peu plus de notes (Just a few more notes!) Ecrivez! (Write!) To ask at what time something is occurring, we use the following expression: À quelle heure est….? - At what time is…? À quelle heure est le concert? (At what time is the concert?) Le concert est à… - The concert is at… J’ai un rendez-vous à… - I have an appointment at…

Practice Activity 3 My voice is now strained from recording, so I need a bit of a break…no narration on this slide. =) Complete p.59, Ex. 4. Write out the dialogs for each conversation. Use the example in red as a guide. Please write out your numbers!