Numbers and time
From soixante-dix to quatre-vingt-dix, and telling the time.
10 minutes · A free lesson from A1 : Premiers pas (first steps) · Roman and Urdu pronunciation guides and English meanings are shown under each phrase
Tricky numbers
Telling the time: Il est deux heures (2:00) · deux heures et quart (2:15) · deux heures et demie (2:30) · trois heures moins le quart (2:45). Timetables use the 24-hour clock: le train part à 18 h 30.
| Il est deux heures | Say eel eh doez oer | ایل اے دوےز اَغ | Means: It is two o'clock |
| deux heures et quart | Say doez oerz eh kar | دوےز اَغز اے کاغ | Means: quarter past two (2:15) |
| deux heures et demie | Say doez oerz eh duhmee | دوےز اَغز اے دَمی | Means: half past two (2:30) |
| trois heures moins le quart | Say trwaz oer mweh(n) luh kar | تغواز اَغ مویں لَ کاغ | Means: quarter to three (2:45) |
| le train part à 18 h 30 | Say luh treh(n) par a deezweet oer trah(n)t | لَ تغیں پاغ ا دیزویت اَغ تغاںت | Means: the train leaves at 6:30 p.m. |
Quick check: "Quatre-vingt-quinze" is…Say: katrveh(n)keh(n)z izکاتغویںکیںز اِز
- 85
- 95
- 75
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B: 95
Lesson quiz
Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Quick check: What number is “soixante-dix”?
- 60
- 70
- 17
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B: 70 — soixante-dix is sixty-ten: 70.
Quick check: What number is “quatre-vingts”?
- 80
- 24
- 90
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A: 80 — quatre-vingts is four twenties: 80.
Quick check: What time is “trois heures moins le quart”?
- 3:15
- 3:45
- 2:45
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C: 2:45 — moins le quart means a quarter to, so this is a quarter to three: 2:45.
Quick check: What time is “deux heures et demie”?
- 1:30
- 2:15
- 2:30
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C: 2:30 — et demie is half past: 2:30. et quart is a quarter past.