Quinze heures for three o'clock?
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Quinze heures for three o'clock?
Hi Olga,
If it asks you for ALL the possible ways to say ‘it’s three o’clock’, you would have to include -
‘il est quinze heures’ .
Please note that the French like using the 24 hour clock and that it will sometimes translates as o’clock .
Incidently, the expression means of the clock which means the medium you are getting the time from rather than may be a sundial ...
Hi Robert,
'Thirteen hundred hours' (13.00) = treize heures = 1 pm.
'Fifteen hundred hours ( 15.00) = Quinze heures = 3 pm
In English (military) language 'quinze heures' is translated as 'thirteen hours'. In the 12 h vernacular '3 o'clock in the afternoon'
In English (military) language 'quinze heures' is translated as 'thirteen hours'. In the 12 h vernacular '3 o'clock in the afternoon'
In English (military) language 'quinze heures' is translated as 'thirteen hours'. In the 12 h vernacular '3 o'clock in the afternoon'
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