The good news is that the French tell the time in almost exactly the same way as us.
Quelle heure? What time?
Est it? Is it?
Quelle heure est-il? What time is it?
Vous avez You have
L’heure The hour / time
Vous avez l’heure You have the time
Il est It is
Une heure One hour
Du matin The morning
Il est une heure du matin It is one o’clock (am)
Il est it is
Quatre heures Four hours
De l’apres-midi In the afternoon
Il est quatre heures de l’apres midi It is four in the afternoon
Il est It is
Sept heures Seven hours
Du soir The evening
Il est sept heures du soir It is seven o’clock (pm)
Il est It is
Onze heures Eleven hours
De la nuit The evening
Il est onze heures de la nuit It is eleven o’clock (pm)
Il est minuit It is midnight
Il est midi. It is midday.
Il est sept heures et quart. It is 7 and a quarter.
Il est sept heures et demi. It is 7 and a half.
Il est huit heures moins le quart. It is a quarter to 8.
Il est huit heures moins vingt. It is 20 to 8.
Il est cinq heures et quart It is quarter past five.
Il est six heures et demi It is half past six.
Il est neuf heures moins le quart It is a quarter to nine.
Il est onze heures dix It is ten past eleven.
Il est dix heures moins cinq It is five to ten.
Occasional use of 24 hour clock
Il est dix huit heures It is 6 pm
Il est dix sept heures vingt It is 5:20pm
Il est vingt et un heures quinze 9:15pm

34) The time

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Reflexive verbs are used much more frequently in French than in English. Below you’ll find a list of the most common ones.

 s'amuser (to enjoy oneself)
 s'appeler (to be called)
 se baigner (to bathe)
 se brosser (to brush)
  se coucher (to go to bed)
  se dépêcher (to be in a hurry)
  s'entendre (to get on)
  se faire mal (to hurt oneself)
  s'habiller (to get dressed)

s’amuser To enjoy oneself
Je m’amuse I’m enjoying myself
Il s’amuse He’s enjoying himself
Elle s’amuse She’s enjoying herself
Nous nous amusons We’re enjoying ourselves
Vous vous amusez You’re enjoying yourself
Ils s’amusent They’re enjoying themselves
Amusez-vous Enjoy yourself (imperative)
Se laver To wash oneself
Je me lave I wash myself
Je vais me laver I’m going to wash myself
Je me laverai I will wash myself
Je me suis lave I washed myself
Je me lavais I was washing myself
Se coucher To take onself to bed
Il se couche He’s puts himself to bed
Il va se coucher He’s going to put himself to bed
Il se couchera He will put himself to bed
Il s’est couche He put himself to bed
Il se couchait He was putting himself to bed
Se baigner to bathe oneself
Elle se baigne She bathes herself
Elle va se baigner She’s going to bathe herself
Elle se baignera She will bathe herself
Elle s’est baigne She bathed herself
Elle bagnait She was bathing herself
S’habiller to dress oneself
Nous nous habillons we get ourselves dressed
Nous allons nous habiller We’re going to get dressed
Nous nous habillerons We will get dressed
Nous nous sommes habilles  We got dressed
Nous nous habillions We were getting dressed
Habillons-nous Lets get ourselves dressed
Se lever To get onself up
Vous vous levez You get yourself up
Vous allez vous lever You’re going to get yourself up
Vous vous leverez You will get yourself up
Vous vous etes leve You got yourself up
Vous vous leviez You were getting yourself up
Levez-vous Get yourself up
Se faire mal to hurt oneself
Ils se font mal They hurt themselves
Ils vont se fair mal They are going to hurt themselves
Ils se feront mal They will hurt themselves
Ils se sont fait mal They hurt themselves
Ils se faisaient mal They were hurting themselves
There are some reflexive verbs in French which we wouldn’t necesarily expect. For example, se trouver means to be situated (literally to find oneself) and se demander means to wonder (literally to ask oneself)

40) Reflexive verbs

Lundi Monday
Je joue au foot lundi I’m playing football on Monday
Mardi Tuesday
Il parle francais mardi He’s speaking French on Tuesday
Mercredi Wednesday
Elle travaille a l’ecole mercredi She’s working at the school on Wednesday
Jeudi Thursday
Vous regardez la television jeudi You’re watching television on Thursday
Vendredi Friday
Nous vendons la voiture vendredi We’re selling the car on Friday
Samedi Saturday
Ils aident ma grandmere samedi They’re helping my grandma on Satruday
Dimanche Sunday
Je vais a l’eglise dimanche I’m going to church on Sunday
Le lundi On Mondays
Je joue au foot le lundi I play football on Mondays
Le mardi On Tuesdays
Il parle francais le mardi He speaks French on Tuesdays
Le mercredi On wednesdays
Elle travaille a l’ecole le mercredi She works at the school on Wednesdays
Le jeudi On thursdays
Vous regardez la television le jeudi You watch television on Thursdays
Le vendredi On Fridays
Nous vendons les voitures le vendredi We sell cars on Fridays
Le samedi On Saturdays
Ils aident ma grandmere le samedi They help my grandma on Saturdays
Le dimanche On Sundays
Je vais a l’eglise le dimanche I go to church on Sundays

39) Days of the Week

Where we always use the verb ‘to be’ in English, the French occasionally use the verb ‘to have’. So instead of saying ‘John is hungry’, you say ‘John has hunger’. The adjectives that use ‘avoir’ rather than ‘etre’ are below:
To be hungry
To be thirsty
To be sleepy
To be warm
To be cold
To be right
To be wrong
‘Avoir’ is used when talking about your age. Rather than say ‘I am 7 years old’, you say ‘I have 7 years’.
Faim Hungry
J’ai faim I’m hungry
Il a faim He is hungry
Elle a faim She is hungry
Nous avons faim We are hungry
Vous avez faim You are hungry
Ils ont faim They are hungry
Soif Thirsty
J’ai soif I am thirsty
Il a le sommeil He’s sleepy
Elle a chaud She’s warm
Nous avons froid We’re cold
Vous avez raison You are right
Ils ont tort They are wrong
J’avais soif I was thirsty
Je vais avoir soif I’m going to be thirsty
J’aurai soif demain I will be thirsty tomorrow
Sommeil Sleepy
Il avait le sommeil he was sleepy
Il va avoir le sommeil He’s going to be sleepy
Il aura le sommeil ce soir He will be sleepy this evening
Chaud Warm
Elle avait chaud She was warm
Elle va avoir chaud She’s going to be warm
Elle aura chaud ce soir She’ll be warm tonight
Froid Cold
Nous avions froid We were cold
Nous allons avoir froid We’re going to be cold
Nous aurons froid ce soir We’ll be cold this evening
Raison Right
Vous aviez raison You were right
Vous allez avoir raison You’re going to be right
Vous aurez raison la semaine prochaine You’ll be right next week
Tort Wrong
Ils avaient tort They were wrong
Ils vont avoir tort They’re going to be wrong
Ils auront tort demain matin They’ll be wrong tomorrow morning

38) To have instead of to be

La boulangerie The bakery
Je vais a la boulangerie I’m going to the bakery
Je suis a la boulangerie I’m at the bakers
Le marche The market
Je vais au marche I’m going to the market (note how a le contracts to au)
Vous etes au marche You’re at the market
Les magasins The shops
Je vais aux magasins I’m going to the shops (note aux)
Ils sont aux magasins They’re at the shops
La boucherie The butchers
Il va a la boucherie He’s going to the butchers
Vous etes a la boucherie You’re at the butchers
La tabac Tabacconis
Il va au tabac He’s going to the Tabacconis
Vous etes a la tabac You are at the Tabacconis
Le grand magasin Shopping centre
Il va aller au magasins He’s going to go to the shopping centre
Vous etes au magasins You’re at the shopping centre
Le supermarche The supermarket
J’etais au supermarche I was at the supermarket
Je serai au supermarche I will be at the supermarket
Je vais etre au supermarche I’m going to be at the supemarket
de
Je suis d’angleterre I’m from England
Il est de la France He’s from France
Elle est d’allemagne She’s from Germany
Nous sommes d’Italie We’re from Italy
Vous etes d’Espagne You’re from Spain
Ils sont du Russie They’re from Russia (from)
Je voudrais I would like
Kilo Kilo
Je voudrais deux kilos de pommes I would like 2 kilos of apples
Je voudrais un kilo de bananes I would like a kilo of bananas (of)
En
Je serai en anglettere I will be in England
Il etais en France He was in France
Elle va etre en allemagne She’s going to be in Germany
Nous sommes en Italie We are in Italy
Vous habitiez en espagne You lived in Spain
Ils habitaient en Russie They lived in Russia
J’habitais en angleterre I lived in England
Avec With
J’habitais en angleterre avec ma soeur et ma mere I lived in england with my sister and my mother

37) Prepositions & Conjunctions

Mike est grand. Mike is tall.
Mike est plus grand. Mike is taller.
Mike est plus grand que Oli Mike is taller than Oli
Oli est petit. Oli is small.
Oli est plus petit. Oli is smaller.
Oli est plus petit que Mike. Oli is smaller than Mike
Graham est fatigue Graham is tired
Graham est mois fatigue Graham is less tired
Graham est mois fatigue que Anya Graham is less tired than Anya
Anya est vite. Anya is fast.
Anya est plus vite. Anya is faster.
Anya est plus vite que Graham. Anya is faster than Graham
Je suis I am
Je suis aussi rapide I am as fast
Je suis aussi rapide que vous I am as fast as you
Je ne suis pas aussi rapide que vous I am not as fast as you
Vous etiez You were
Vous etiez aussie bien You were as good as
Vous etiez aussi bien que lui You were as good as him
Ils etaient They were
Ils etaient plus petits They were shorter
Ils etaient plus petits que nous They were shorter than us
Ils etaient They were
Ils etaient moins bien They were less good
Ils etaient moins bien que nous They were less good than us
Vous allez You are
Vous allez etre plus lent You are going to be more slow
Vous allez etre plus lent que moi You are going to be slower than me
Je vais I’m going
Je vais etre plus gros I’m going to be more fat
Je vais etre plus gros que vous I’m going to be fatter than you
Ils seront They will be
Ils seront plus grands They will be taller
Ils seront plus grands que moi They’ll be taller than me
Vous seriez You will be
Vous seriez plus fatigue You will be more tired
Vous seriez plus fatigue que lui You’ll be more tired than him

34) The time

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