Time Unit v Duration

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Time Unit v Duration

Je prends le train le matin v. Cette soirée s'est très bien passée

These both talk about a specific time periods. "the morning" and "that evening". How do I distinguish them? I am struggling with this distinction.

This question relates to:French lesson "An vs année, matin vs matinée, jour vs journée, soir vs soirée to express a time unit or a duration in French"

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

You're taking the train at a particular point in time, in the morning: hence matin. But the second sentence is about that the evening went well, so it refers to a time span: hence soirée.

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