{"id":22476,"date":"2015-09-23T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T13:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22476"},"modified":"2017-10-23T16:51:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:51:56","slug":"22476-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/22476-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 24 Hours in a Day – French Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before moving to France I had never said seventeen o\u2019clock<\/em>. In France, that\u2019s the normal way to say five o\u2019clock PM<\/em>.<\/p>\n

France uses a 24 hour clock rather than an AM\/PM system. This extends into the spoken language, and while you can say huit heures du soir<\/strong> (eight o’clock in the evening) or huit heures du matin<\/strong> (eight o’clock in the morning), it’s common to just say vingt heures<\/strong> (twenty o’clock) or huit heures<\/strong> (eight o’clock).<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not too hard to get used to the system, but it can lead to strange mixups. Aujourd\u2019hui<\/strong> (today) I still occasionally get mixed up with the time and show up at the wrong time because mon cerveau<\/strong> (my brain) tried too hard to convert the 24 hour time.<\/p>\n

One time I showed up to a meeting deux heures en avance<\/strong> (two hours early). I had checked l\u2019horloge<\/strong> (the clock) about cinquante fois<\/strong> (fifty times) before leaving the house and I was just as surprised as the person I was meeting.<\/p>\n

Ce n\u2019est pas la bonne heure ?<\/strong>
\nOn a dit 17 heures et il est 15 heures !<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the right time?<\/em>
\nWe said 5 PM and it\u2019s 3 PM!<\/em><\/p>\n

I started to rougir<\/strong> (turn red) once I realized my mistake. I told myself that dix-sept heures<\/strong> is 5 o\u2019clock<\/em> so many times that once I saw a 5<\/em> sur l’horloge<\/strong> (on the clock) mon cerveau<\/strong> jumped ahead!<\/p>\n

Once I was used to le nouveau syst\u00e8me<\/strong> (the new system), I quite enjoyed the clarity that comes from never wondering if it\u2019s 12 AM or PM, even if I still show up deux heures en avance<\/strong> sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Before moving to France I had never said seventeen o\u2019clock. In France, that\u2019s the normal way to say five o\u2019clock PM. France uses a 24 hour clock rather than an AM\/PM system. This extends into the spoken language, and while you can say huit heures du soir (eight o’clock in the evening) or huit heures…<\/p>\n

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