Il est quatorze heures de l'aprés-midi.

Liz L.A1Kwiziq community member

Il est quatorze heures de l' apres midi, although the l'aprés midi is unnecessary and probably incorrect, it does unambiguously mean 2pm surely?

Asked 1 day ago

CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Liz,

As explained in this lesson, 'de l'après midi' is ONLY used with the 12-hour clock, so I'm afraid it is wrong.

You will never hear this in France, and it sounds odd.

So 2 PM can only be

deux heures de l'après-midi

quatorze heures

Bonne Continuation!

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Liz L. asked:

Il est quatorze heures de l' apres midi, although the l'aprés midi is unnecessary and probably incorrect, it does unambiguously mean 2pm surely?

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