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[sweet bridge]

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[inland reef]

4:45 - you wrote out "quarter to four", so 3:45
12:07 - "douze" is 24h time
7:58 - again, you wrote "two til seven", so 6:58

[swift patrol]

Ohh

I hate the moins

😭

Just like I hate 24 hours clock

Don't make me do math

[inland reef]

Lol

[swift patrol]

I don't get 12 tho? 1-12 and then it resets

How is that 24

[inland reef]

In 12h, you have midi and minuit

Not douze

[swift patrol]

Ohh bi forgor abt those

I*

💀😭

It never specified to replace 12 with midi or minuit specifically in the text book. So I was just using the numbers

I thought it was similar like in English when we can use 12 am/pm or midnight/noon interchangeably

Like, we wouldn't say it's noon 36 so I didn't think it was the same in french lol

[inland reef]

In practice, especially orally, native speakers will mix the two

[swift patrol]

Ohh ok, that's good to know

Tyy

[inland reef]

Np!

[hybrid loom]

it's just minus

quatre heures moins le quart
4 hours minus a quarter of an hour (15 minutes) = 03.45 AM

[swift patrol]

No ik, it's just an ads backwards way of telling time

Ass*

[hybrid loom]

I agree that's why 24 hour is the goat

[swift patrol]

Real

I barely know 24 h cuz I'm American but it's still better than doing math

[brazen spade]

You can totally say 15 heures moins le quart tho?

12h and 24h aren't like two separate cultures

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