{"id":17511,"date":"2012-12-14T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=17511"},"modified":"2012-12-29T19:49:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T18:49:21","slug":"how-to-tell-time-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/how-to-tell-time-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell Time in French"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5280\/7365649872_489997cc71_z.jpg\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tag\/questions\/\">les d\u00e9butants<\/a><\/strong><\/em>(the beginners) at learning the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-eloquence-par-excellence\/\">French language<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>should be able to enjoy the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tag\/transparent-not-your-parents-course-de-francais\/\">French Blog<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Today, we suggest you review with us the basic\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>unit\u00e9s du temps<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(units of time.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>* <em><strong>Tout d&#8217;abord<\/strong><\/em> (first of all),\u00a0<em>il y a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>la seconde<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(there&#8217;s the\u00a0<strong>second<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Le tour du monde en 80 secondes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2N8NaUHR5XI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>&#8220;Le tour du monde en 80 secondes&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;Around the world in 80 seconds&#8221;)!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Directed by two\u00a0<em>voyageurs<\/em>: Romain Pergeaux &amp; Alex Profit. A project performed within only\u00a0<em>3 semaines<\/em>\u00a0(3 weeks.) This route is a tribute to the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/how-to-travel-to-outer-space-from-paris\/\">Jules Verne<\/a>&#8216;s book &#8220;<em>Le tour du monde en 80 jours<\/em>&#8220;. The making of the video, pictures of the trip, and an interview of Alex Profit can be found at\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.tourdumonde80.fr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tourdumonde80.fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.tourdumonde80.fr<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em><strong>Ensuite<\/strong><\/em>, il y a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>la minute\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span>(then, there is the minute),\u00a0<strong><em>qui se compose de soixante <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">secondes\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>(which is composed of sixty seconds.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"G\u00e9n\u00e9rique 6 Minutes M6 ann\u00e9es 90\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZURU5k7tA8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>This short video will be a &#8220;blast from the past&#8221; for all\u00a0<em>les nostalgiques\u00a0<\/em>of French TV in the 90s!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The\u00a0<em>g\u00e9n\u00e9rique\u00a0<\/em>of the News bulletin on the French channel\u00a0<em>M6<\/em>\u00a0called &#8220;<em>6 Minutes<\/em>&#8220;&#8212;Some claim that the music includes a message in Morse code which says &#8220;M-6&#8243;&#8230; Can anyone confirm this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8211; Soixante minutes nous donnent\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">une heure<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Sixty minutes give us\u00a0<strong>an hour<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"R. HAHN. L&#039;Heure exquise. Susan Graham\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vJIz86Mtyek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>&#8220;L&#8217;heure exquise&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>(&#8220;The Exquisite Hour&#8221;) by the French and Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn, a composition which has famously brought\u00a0<em>fin de si\u00e8cle<\/em>\u00a0symbolist Paul Verlaine to tears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>* * *\u00a0<em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>*\u00a0Et vingt-quatre heures nous donnent\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">un jour\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>(And twenty four hours give us\u00a0<strong>a day<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"40 - Noir Desir - Un Jour En France\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6EKmYhFk42M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If you are new to the French Blog, you should know that this\u00a0<em>Noir D\u00e9sir\u00a0<\/em>music video has already been featured here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tag\/un-jour-en-france\/\">&#8220;<em>Un jour en France<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;A Day in France&#8221;)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>*\u00a0365 jours, and 12\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">mois<\/span>\u00a0(12 months), forment\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">une ann\u00e9e\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>(365 days form\u00a0<strong>a year<\/strong>), except if it is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>une ann\u00e9e bissextile\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>which has 366 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#8220;<em>Ann\u00e9e<\/em>&#8221; as in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tag\/bonne-annee-2011\/\">&#8220;<em>Bonne ann\u00e9e<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;Happy New Year&#8221;)!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Et\u00a0<em><strong>cent ans\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(one hundred years)\u00a0<em>nous donnent\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>un si\u00e8cle<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(give us a century.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ASsdBQ8x010\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ASsdBQ8x010<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A short video that briefly describes (in French) &#8220;<em>le si\u00e8cle des Lumi\u00e8res&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>(&#8220;The Enlightenment&#8221;), which happens to mention the\u00a0<em>Duc d&#8217;Orl\u00e9ans<\/em>&#8212;A pity that it doesn&#8217;t &#8220;shed any light&#8221;, even briefly, on the particularly &#8220;obscure role&#8221; played by this very same <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tag\/20-juin-1789\/\">Duke, together with his &#8220;3 SUiSSES&#8221;<\/a>,\u00a0in\u00a0undermining the truly bright work of Lafayette and his American-backed faction at the outset of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">French Revolution<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><em>*\u00a0Enfin, dix si<em>\u00e8<\/em>cles donne\u00a0<strong>un mill<strong><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>naire\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Finally, ten centuries give\u00a0<strong>a millenium<\/strong>)<strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sommet du Mill\u00e9naire de Montr\u00e9al \/ Montreal Millenium Summit 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R0NjFwXemB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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