#kissesdontcomeforfree

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fast falcon
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im just asking cuz chatgpt told me "demie" is only for 12-hours time formats

spare blade
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Lawless French clarifies that even though the "official" rule is only with 12-hour times, native francophones do what they want

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fast falcon
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okay merci

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😂

spare blade
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That's ultimately how any language works lol. "Rules" might say one thing, but natives say whatever sounds right to them. cursedtrons Eventually the rules are forced to change

fast falcon
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yeah i see, but like if i say quatorze herues et demie. Every native would understand right?

spare blade
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Yeah, they'd understand for sure. You might get weird looks/corrected though, as a non-native speaker

wanton kiln
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This is one thing I still regularly mess up beause my mouth is going faster than my brain

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you will absolutely be understood

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but people might smirk

fast falcon
fast falcon
spare blade
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We don't get the same leeway with these kinds of "errors" as learners 🥲

wanton kiln
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That being said, if it's on an exam, you abosolutely want to follow the rule

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'cause a teacher would mark it wrong

fast falcon
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okay idk i think the youtube video was more for spoken french then

fast falcon
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or that people dont smirk xd

spare blade
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quatorze heures trente

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you just read the numbers

fast falcon
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the woman in the video said its like wrong

wanton kiln
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or "deux heures et demie (de l'après midi)"

fast falcon
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ah yeah ok

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merci beaucoup

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one last question, do you pronounce the "six" 6 the same way as usual when saying the time? cuz i heard at the calender for instance you prounounce it different like "si"

spare blade
fast falcon
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ah ok so six heures is "sizeure"

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but anyways thx for the article its good

cyan mango
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i would say "14htrente" and "2h et demi"
but if someone says "14h et demi" i won't care enough to correct anyone, bc it doesn't sound too bizarre if it makes sense