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The 24 hour clock or military time is commonly used in france.

Amount of time between two dates. Using the 24 hour clock is really quite simple because all you do is add. If you use the 24. All you need is keep in mind that the 24 hour clock begins at zero heure 12 am and ends at 2359 1159 pm and you write a period between the two parts of the time instead of abbreviating h.

In france as well as most other european countries time is usually expressed on a 24 hour clock what we in the united states generally refer to as military time. Telling time the 24 hour clock le grammaire francais. This can cause a lot of confusion for english speakers who arent familiar with it.

It just takes a little getting used to. Asking the time quelle heure il est. While the french do use the 12 hour clock youll see the 24 hour clock used on the digital clocks in france as well as the rest of europe.

However when there is risk of confusion between am and pm you will either use the 24 hour clock or add precisions like du matin in the morning de lapres midi in the afternoon and even du soir in the evening starting around 6pm after the 12 hour clock time. The 24 hour clock and the 12 hour clock are used interchangeably. The 24 hour clock is widely used in french although the 12 hour clock is also common particularly in less formal situations.

So after midday its more common to use 1300 instead of 100pm. In french the hour and minute are separated by h for heure as in 2h00 where in english we use a colon. Instead of 1 to 11 am followed by 12 to 11 pm the clock continues counting up from 12 so that 1 pm.

Thirdly a game practising the time in and out of french template uploaded from tes which i have adapted and finally a powerpoint introducing the time using the 12. Why not just 12. The foundation of telling time is knowing the french numbers 1 through 24.

French doesnt have words for am and pm you can use du matin for am de lapres midi from noon until about 6 pm and du soir from 6 pm. I know that youre groaning over there but its not all that bad. Hence 100pm becomes 13h00.

A straightforward worksheet aimed at yr7 practising the time 12 and 24 hour clocks in french using analogue and digital clock faces. Is 14 all the way up to 24. Basically from 100pm onwards you add twelve.

However time is usually expressed on a 24 hour clock. Is 13 2 pm. A simple powerpoint revising numbers for telling the time and a few time related words.