How to Tell Time in French Posted: 14 Nov 2020 04:00 PM PST You're chatting along in French and it's going great until the other person says "Quelle heure est-il ?" (KEHL EURH EHT-EEL?) You freeze. While you've been working on your basic conversational French, you haven't yet figured out how to tell time. You could simply hold up your smartphone or watch for them to see, but it would be so much better to smoothly say "Il est sept heures et demie !" (It's 7:30!) Luckily, as long as you know your numbers, telling time in French is a breeze. Allons-y ! (Let's go!) - Use the numbers 1-24 in French to tell hours on the clock. The French typically use the 24-hour clock, also known as "military time" in the US.[1] Although many French speakers understand the 12-hour clock, the time on digital clocks, timetables, and schedules will always be in 24-hour time. If you're rusty on your numbers, here they are so you can brush up:[2]
- 1-12: une, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze
- 13-24: treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt, vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre
- Say "il est" followed by the number of the hour to tell the time. Always add "heure" or "heures" after the number word. Just say "heure" if it's one o'clock, but for any other time, use the plural "heures." Although both words usually sound the same, the "s" at the end of the plural makes a "zh" sound if the word following it starts with a vowel.[3]
- For example, if someone asks you what time it is, you might reply "Il est cinq heures."
- The word "heures" literally translates to "hours," but when telling time, it takes the place of "o'clock." So in the previous example, you're literally saying "It is five o'clock."[4]
- Use "midi" (MEEDEE) and "minuit" (MIHN-WEE) for noon and midnight. The French never refer to the 12-o'clock hour by the number. Also, since the French use the 24-hour clock, midnight is technically the zero hour. Always say "midi" for noon and "minuit" for midnight, even when you're adding minutes after the hours. However, don't include the word "heures."[5]
- For example, if someone asked you at exactly noon what time it was, you would say "il est midi."
- Include the appropriate phrase for 12-hour clock times. Even though the 24-hour clock is the official clock used in France, you might have occasions when you want to tell someone the time using the 12-hour clock. If someone asks you what time it is right now, whether it's morning or evening will be understood. However, if you're indicating the time of something to occur in the future, you might add the following phrases:[6]
- "Du matin" (before noon): "Il est neuf heures et demie du matin." (It is 9:30 a.m.)
- "De l'après-midi (from noon until about 6:00 p.m.): "Il est cinq heures de l'après-midi." (It's 5:00 in the afternoon.)
- "Du soir" (from 6:00 p.m. until midnight): "Il est huit heures dix du soir." (It's 8:10 p.m.)
- Add the word "pile" when the time is exactly on the hour. The word "pile" (PEEL) is used the same way you might say "on the dot" or "sharp" in English. Use it to add some character to your speech when you're telling someone the time, or if you want to express more adamantly when something starts.[7]
- For example, you might say "il est neuf heures pile" (it's 9 o'clock on the dot) or "le cours commence à dix heures pile" (the class starts at 10 o'clock sharp).
[Edit]Minutes - Use the numbers 1-59 for minutes. If you had to brush up on your numbers for the hours, you should be pretty solid on at least the first 24 of these. The rest follow the same formula — add the word for the single unit onto the word for the tens unit.[8]
- For example, if you want to say it's 9:52, use the word for 50 (cinquante) plus the word for 2 (deux) and say "il est neuf heures cinquante-deux."
- You can give approximate times in French just as you would in English, so it's no big deal if you forget a number word. If it's 9:52, you could either say "il est environ dix heures" or "Il est presque dix heures." (it's almost 10 o´clock) [9]
- Add minutes after the hour. After the word "heures," simply say the number of minutes. You don't need to specify that the number refers to minutes — just use the number.[10]
- For example, if it's 10:20, you would say "il est dix heures vingt."
- Alternate with "quart" and "demie" for 15 and 30 past the hour. Just as in English, in French you can say it's a quarter past or half-past an hour. In French, you do this by adding the word "et" in front of the fraction word ("quart" for quarter, "demie" for half).[11]
- For example, if it's 11:30, you would say "Il est onze heures et demie."
- The official grammar rule is that you only use these shorthand fraction words until noon. At 1 p.m. or 13h00, when you roll into the 24-hour clock, you use the number words "quinze" (15) and "trente" (30). However, native French speakers often use these words at any time.[12]
- Subtract minutes after "demie" with "moins." Once it's half-past, the French commonly subtract minutes from the hour it will be rather than adding minutes to the current hour, just as in English you might say it's "10 to 9." After the word "heures," say "moins" followed by the number of minutes.[13]
- This is particularly helpful if you're just learning French and have a hard time remembering all the number words. For example, if it's 8:50, you could say "il est neuf heures moins dix" instead of "il est huit heures cinquante."
- If you want to say it's a quarter till, or 45 minutes past the hour, you can also use "moins le quart." Since you're subtracting, remember to go up an hour. For example, 9:45 would be "dix heures moins le quart" or "neuf heures quarante-cinq." As with "quart" and "demie," the official grammar rule is that you don't use this phrase after noon with the 24-hour clock.[14]
[Edit]Time-Related Words and Phrases - Ask "Quelle heure est-il ?"if you want to know what time it is. This is a relatively formal way to ask the time, but if you're talking to a stranger, it's a safe phrase to use. In casual conversation, especially among people around the same age, you'll also hear "Il est quelle heure ?"[15]
- If you're asking a stranger the time and want to be extra polite, you might also ask, "Auriez-vous l'heure, s'il vous plaît ?" (Would you tell me the time, please?)
- Use "à quelle heure" to ask about a specific time. Use this phrase if you want to find out when something starts, how late a shop or restaurant is open, or when something is scheduled. When answering, use "à" before the time.[16]
- For example, if a friend has asked you to watch a movie with them, you might ask "à quelle heure commence le film ?" (What time does the movie start?) Your friend might reply "le film commence à vingt heures" (the movie starts at 20:00 or 8:00 p.m.), or simply, "à vingt heures."
- Pick up words and phrases for time concepts. If someone tells you the time when you ask, you can simply say "merci" and be on your way, but you might want to comment on the time in some way. The following words and phrases help you put the time in context:[17]
- "Tôt" (TOH) means "early." For example, you might say "Il est cinq heures ? Je me suis réveillé très tôt, ce matin!" (It's 5 a.m.? I woke up very early this morning!)
- "En avance" (AHN AHVAHNS) also means "early," but more in the sense of being too early for something, or something happening too soon. For example, you might say "Je ne suis jamais en avance à l'école" (I am never early to school.)
- "Tard" (TAHR) means "late." For example, you might say "Il est vingt-trois heures ? Il est tard, je vais dormir." (It's 11:00 p.m.? It's late, I'm going to bed.)
- "En retard" (AHN REH-TAHR) means "running late." For example, you might say "J'étais en retard pour notre rendez-vous." (I was running late for our date.)
- Write the time in French using the letter "h" rather than a colon (and remember to use 24-hour time). For example, 2:15 p.m. would be "14h15." You can also use a period instead of the letter "h," as in "14.15."[18]
- In general, the fastest way to learn French is to be surrounded by French people frequently speaking the language around you.[19]
[Edit]Warnings - The pronunciation guides in this article are approximate. To understand exactly how words are pronounced, listen to a native speaker.
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How to Clean Essential Oil Pipettes Posted: 14 Nov 2020 08:00 AM PST Essential oil pipettes, along with their bottles, are super easy to clean and reuse. All you'll need are some items you probably have at home like salt, dish soap, and towels. With just a few minutes of time, your pipettes will be rinsed and ready to dry. Use your clean pipettes for new essential oils, skin care serums, or any other project you'd like. [Edit]Soaking Pipettes in Warm Water - Separate the pipette or dropper from the essential oil bottle. Unscrew the pipette from the essential oil bottle carefully. Pop off the rubber cap that comes on the glass dropper to clean the glass part of the pipette easily.[1]
- Wash each piece of the essential oil bottle if you're going to reuse it.
- If your essential oil bottle has a plastic cap with an internal dropper, this pops off of the bottle too.
- Fill a large bowl with warm water and place the pipettes in it. Choose a bowl that's large enough to fit all of the pipettes and other essential oil bottle pieces inside. Pour warm or hot water into the bowl and set the pipettes down in the bowl gently.[2]
- Place the other bottle pieces in the bowl to soak, too.
- Let the pipettes sit in the water for roughly 30 minutes to release the oil. Set a timer for 30 minutes so you know when the pipettes are ready to be taken out. Swish the pipettes around in the water gently so the oil comes out more easily, if you'd like.[3]
- You might pour this water into your essential oil diffuser once the pipettes are done soaking to use up the oily water.
- Transfer the pipettes to a bowl full of warm, soapy water. Fill a second large bowl full of warm or hot water, but add a dish soap or other gentle cleaning liquid to the water too. Place the pipettes in the new bowl of soapy water for a final cleaning.[4]
- Stir the soap around with your hands or a spoon so it's well distributed in the water.
- Transfer the other bottle pieces to the soapy water too.
- Swish the pipettes around in the water before rinsing them off. Move the pipettes around in the water gently so that the soapy water gets inside of them. Hold the pipette under clean, running water to get rid of any soapy residue that might be left in them.[5]
- If you want them to be extra clean, let them sit in the water for a few minutes for an extra soak.
- Move the other bottle pieces around in the soapy water before rinsing them as well.
- Lay the pipettes on a clean towel so they dry. Spread out a soft towel on a flat surface. Lay your pipettes and other pieces out on the towel overnight so they have plenty of time to dry completely.[6]
- Once the pipettes are dry, they're ready to be reused.
[Edit]Using Epsom Salt - Pop the rubber cap off of the pipette to separate the pieces. Unscrew the top from your essential oil bottle so the dropper is separated from the container. Most pipettes have a rubber top that can be removed from the glass dropper. Slide the rubber cap off carefully so you're left with three pieces: the rubber cap, the glass dropper, and the bottle.[7]
- Most essential oils come in a glass container and either have a plastic dropper attached inside or a glass dropper with a rubber cap.
- If your essential oil bottle has a plastic dropper that's attached inside, pop this off with your fingers.
- Rinse the pieces under clean running water. Hold the glass pipette under the water to make sure the water gets into the dropper to flush out the oil. If you're cleaning all of the other pieces too, hold the rubber cap and the bottle under the water to rinse them.
- Fill a large clean bowl at least deep with Epsom salt. Choose a bowl that's large enough to fit all of the pipettes and other essential oil bottle pieces that you'd like to clean. Fill the bowl with a layer of the salt that's thick so it's deep enough to submerge the pipettes and other pieces.[8]
- Submerge the pipette and bottle in the salt fully. Scoop the pipette into the salt so there's as much salt in the pipette as possible. Then submerge the pipette in the salt fully so that salt is covering each side. Do this with the rest of the essential oil pieces as well.[9]
- It's important to get as much salt in and around the pipette as possible so that the salt soaks up all the extra oil.
- Let the pieces sit for 24 hours so the salt absorbs the moisture. Leave the pipettes and other pieces in the salt overnight to soak up as much as possible. If you're crunched for time, it's okay to let them sit in the salt for only a few hours before taking them out, but you might be left with a little bit of oil residue.[10]
- Rinse the pipette and bottle off with clean, warm water. Fill a large bowl with warm water. Place the pipette in the water and move it around with your fingers so the water moves through the pipette and releases the salt. Let the pipette soak in the water to get rid of any leftover oils, if you'd like.[11]
- You might soak the pipettes in the water for 20-30 minutes.
- If you're having trouble getting the salt out of the pipette, hold it under warm running water instead.
- Lay the pipette on an absorbent towel to dry completely. Spread out a clean, soft towel to lay your pipettes on. Tap the open end of the pipette on the towel gently to release any extra water before you lay the pipette down on the towel so it dries.[12]
- Let the pipettes sit on the towel overnight so they're definitely dry before you reuse them.
- Reattach the rubber cap (once it's clean!) so the pipette is ready to be used.
[Edit]Things You'll Need [Edit]Soaking Pipettes in Warm Water - Large bowl
- Dish soap or other gentle soap
- Towel
[Edit]Using Epsom Salt - Large bowl
- Epsom salt
- Towel
- Purchase new pipettes online, if you'd like.
- Remove the labels from the essential oil bottles by boiling them or rubbing them with lemon.
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How to Scan Documents with an iPhone Posted: 14 Nov 2020 12:00 AM PST Do you have a physical document that you want to scan with your iPhone? It's nice being able to keep a copy of your files on you at all times. Good thing the iPhone Notes app has the ability to scan documents. This wikiHow teaches you how to scan documents using the Notes app on your iPhone. [Edit]Scanning a Document - Open the Notes app . The Notes app comes preinstalled on your iPhone. It has an icon that resembles a notepad paper with a yellow stripe at the top. Notes will generally open the last note you added.
- If you do not have the Notes app installed on your iPhone, you can download it for free from the App Store.
- Tap to create a new note. It's the icon that resembles a pencil and paper in the lower-right corner. You can also open an existing note.
- To back out of an existing note, tap the icon that resembles a box with an arrow pointing up to save the note. Then tap Notes in the upper-left corner.
- Tap the camera icon. If you do not have an existing note opened, it will be the yellow icon that resembles a camera in the lower-right corner. If you have an existing note opened, it will be the icon that resembles a camera above the keyboard.
- Tap . It's the first option at the top of the camera menu.
- Point your phone's camera at the document. It uses the camera on the back of your phone. Hold your phone over the document to view it on screen. When you get a clear shot of the document page, a yellow box will appear over the screen.
- Tapping the screen while the document is centered will re-focus the camera on it to preserve as much quality as possible.
- Tap the icon that resembles three overlapping circles. It's at the top of the screen. This option allows you to select the color mode for the document.
- Tap one of the color options. There are four options to choose from:
- Color: This displays the page colors, but attempts to eliminate colors that are not part of the page (shadows, etc).
- Greyscale: This displays the page as an image with the color replaced by shades of grey.
- Black & White: This displays the page as solid black and white, with no shades of grey.
- Photo: This displays the page as a photo image with no effects. Just as if you took the photo with the Camera app.
- Tap the "Capture" button. It's the white circle at the bottom of the screen. Doing so will take the photo. Try to tap the capture button when you see the yellow box around the document.
- Drag the corners of the outline to the corners of the page (if needed). If your iPhone was not able to clearly detect the page, you'll see a rectangle outline on the screen. Tap and drag the corners of the outline to the corners of the page on the screen. Make sure the outline lines up with the edges of your page.[1]
- Tap . If you are satisfied with how the image looks, tap Keep scan. It's in the lower-right corner of the image.
- If you are not happy with how the image looks, tap Retake to take another picture.
- Repeat for additional pages. If there is more than one page in your document, turn to the next page and aim the camera at the page. Tap the "Capture" button to take a picture of the next page. You will see a thumbnail for each page at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap a page. This shows the page in full screen. There are some more options you can to change the color or look of each page.
- Tap . When you have finished scanning all pages of the document, tap Save to save the document. This saves the document as a note.
[Edit]Saving and Sharing a Document - Open the Notes app . The Notes app comes preinstalled on your iPhone. It has an icon that resembles a notepad paper with a yellow stripe at the top.
- Tap . It's in the upper-left corner of the Notes app. This displays a list of all your notes.
- Tap the note that contains your document. This displays the note with the pages of your document displayed as thumbnail images.
- Tap the Share button . It's the icon that resembles a yellow box with an arrow pointing up. It's in the upper-right corner. This opens the Share menu.
- Tap an app you want to share it with. If you want to send the document over email, you could tap the Mail app or Gmail. This attaches the document as an attachment. Fill out the rest of the email, including the recipient, subject, and email text, and send it to send the file.
- Tap . It's at the bottom of the share menu. This allows you to save the document to your iPhone, iCloud or other services.
- Tap the location you want to save it to. For example, if you want to save the document to your iPhone, tap On My iPhone. If you want to save it to iCloud, tap iCloud Drive. This allows you to access the document from any of your devices. You can also tap another cloud service such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
- In order to save files to services like Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive, you must have the app installed on your iPhone and you must be signed into it with your account.
- Tap . This saves the document to the location you selected. You can access files stored on your iPhone or iCloud Drive using the Files app on your iPhone. It has an icon that resembles a blue folder.
[Edit]Signing a Document - Open the Notes app . The Notes app comes preinstalled on your iPhone. It has an icon that resembles a notepad paper with a yellow stripe at the top. Tap the icon to open the Notes app.
- Tap . It's in the upper-left corner of the Notes app. This displays a list of all your notes.
- Tap the note that contains your document. This displays the note with the pages of your document displayed as thumbnail images.
- Tap the page you want to sign. This displays the image in full-screen mode.
- Tap the share button . It's the icon that resembles a yellow box with an arrow pointing up. It's in the upper-right corner.
- Tap . It's next to an icon that resembles a marker tip. This displays some marker and color options.
- Tap . it's to the right of the marker options at the bottom. This displays a pop-up menu with some options.
- Alternatively, you can tap one of the marker options to select it and then tap a colored circle to select the color. Use your finger or Apple Pencil to manually write your signature.
- Tap . It's the second option in the pop-up menu.
- Drag and drop your signature or create a new one. If you already have a signature saved to your iPhone, tap and drag it to the play you want to sign on the document. If you don't have a signature, use the following steps to create one:
- Tap Add or Remove Signature.
- Tap the plus (+) icon in the upper-right corner.
- Use your finger or Apple Pencil to write your signature on the line.
- Tap Done.
- Tap . This saves your document with your signature.
- When you open a document in Notes, you can adjust the color, cropping, or rotate the image by tapping the options at the bottom of the screen.
- You can add an additional text note to your document when you are finished scanning it.
[Edit]Warnings - iCloud Drive has a default storage limit of five gigabytes. If you want to store more than that, you'll need to upgrade your iCloud storage.
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