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Ponctuation et l’heure | Punctuation and Time


La ponctuation | Punctuation
Le point ( . ) et la virgule ( , )

In French, the period is not used after abbreviations of measurement.


EXEMPLE | EXAMPLE :
12 m (meters), 12 min (minutes)


When writing numbers, a space is used to separate every three digits
(where a comma would be used in English)


EXEMPLE | EXAMPLE :
1 000 / 200 000 / 1 000 000

A period is not used to indicate a decimal. A comma is used in decimals.


EXEMPLE | EXAMPLE :
9,50 m / 3 435,25 $


When writing numerals, the period and comma are opposites in the two languages:
French
English
2,5 (deux virgule cinq)
2 500 (deux mille cinq cents)
2,50 $ (deux dollars cinquante cents)		 2.5 (two point five)
2,500 (two thousand five hundred)
$2.50 (two dollars and fifty cents)
Quotation marks ( “ ” ) are angle brackets in French ( << >> ).


Le point virgule ( ; ), le point d’exclamation ( ! ) et le point d’interrogation ( ? )

The semi-colon, exclamation point and question mark are essentially the same
in French and English.
   
   

L’heure | Time

Avant-midi | A.M.

1 h 00 (1:00 am)
une heure


2 h 00 (2:00 am)
deux heures


2 h 10 (2:10 am)
deux heures dix


3 h 00 (3:00 am)
trois heures


3 h 15 (3:15 am)
trois heures quinze


4 h 00 (4:00 am)
quatre heures


5 h 00 (5:00 am)
cinq heures


5 h 20 (5:20 am)
cinq heures vingt



Après-midi | P.M.

13 h 00 (1:00 pm)
treize heures


14 h 00 (2:00 pm)
quatorze heures


14 h 30 (2:30 pm)
quatorze heures trente


15 h 00 (3:00 pm)
quinze heures


15 h 40 (3:40 pm)
quinze heures quarante


16 h 00 (4:00 pm)
seize heures


17 h 00 (5:00 pm)
dix-sept heures


17 h 50 (5:50 pm)
dix-sept heures cinquante



 

 

6 h 00 (6:00 am)
six heures


7 h 00 (7:00 am)
sept heures


8 h 00 (8:00 am)
huit heures


9 h 00 (9:00 am)
neuf heures


10 h 00 (10:00 am)
dix heures


11 h 00 (11:00 am)
onze heures


12 h 00 (12:00 pm)
midi


12 h 00 (12:00 pm)
noon



 

18 h 00 (6:00 pm)
dix-huit heures


19 h 00 (7:00 pm)
dix-neuf heures


20 h 00 (8:00 pm)
vingt heures


21 h 00 (9:00 pm)
vingt-et-une heure


22 h 00 (10:00 pm)
vingt-deux heures


23 h 00 (11:00 pm)
vingt-trois heures


24 h 00 (12:00 am)
minuit


24 h 00 (12:00 am)
Midnight