Key Phrases
Quelle heure ?
What time?
Il est une heure
It is one o'clock
Hier
Yesterday
Skills You'll Learn
Asking for the time
Demander l'heure
Telling the time
Dire l'heure
Talking about past events
Parler des événements passés
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Aujourd'hui
oh-zhoor-dwee
Today
💬 The apostrophe in [aujourd'hui] is just part of the spelling; it is one single word. You say it as one unit, not like two separate words.
See breakdown →Demain
duh-maN
Tomorrow
Après-demain
ah-pray-duh-maN
Day after tomorrow
💬 [Après-demain] is built like [après] + [demain]: literally "after tomorrow." French uses one hyphenated word here, unlike English.
See breakdown →Hier
ee-ayr
Yesterday
Heure
uhr
Hour
💬 The [h] in [heure] is silent, so the word starts with a vowel sound: (uhr). That is why you get forms like [l'heure] and [une heure], not a pronounced [h].
See breakdown →Minute
mee-noot
Minute
Second
suh-kawN
Second
Nuit
nwee
Night
Matin
mah-taN
Morning
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