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The noun <i>time</i> is most often translated as either: <span style="color:darkblue;">fois, heure,</span> or <span style="color:darkblue;">temps</span>, though other translations are possible.
 
The noun <i>time</i> is most often translated as either: <span style="color:darkblue;">fois, heure,</span> or <span style="color:darkblue;">temps</span>, though other translations are possible.
  
=fois=
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=French translations=
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==fois==
 
*How many times have you been there?
 
*How many times have you been there?
 
*Everyone will get in, one at a time!
 
*Everyone will get in, one at a time!
  
  
<i>à la fois</i> = <span style="color:darkblue;">at (<span style="color:darkred;">the same</span>, *Ø ) time</span>
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<i>à la fois</i> = <span style="color:darkblue;"><u>at</u> the same time</span>,  
  
=temps=
 
  
  
<i>à temps</i> = <span style="color:darkblue;">in time</span>
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<i>à la fois... et</i> = both...and
  
=l'heure=
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==temps==
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Quel temps fait-il?  (What's the weather like?)
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Quel temps faut-il?  (What tense is needed?)
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Combien de temps vous faudrait-il?  (How much time do you need?)
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<i>temps</i> veut dire à la fois <span style="color:darkgreen;">time</span> et <span style="color:darkgreen;">tense</span> en grammaire.  En anglais, "time" désigne l'écoulement du temps réel, "tense" parle plutôt des marques morphologiques du temps dans la grammaire (-ed, -ing, etc.)
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<i>à temps</i> = <span style="color:darkblue;"><u>in</u> time</span>
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==l'heure==
 
*What ( *a / *the / <span style="color:darkred;">Ø</span> ) time is it?
 
*What ( *a / *the / <span style="color:darkred;">Ø</span> ) time is it?
 
*What's ( *a / <span style="color:darkred;">the</span> / *Ø ) time?
 
*What's ( *a / <span style="color:darkred;">the</span> / *Ø ) time?
*Do you have (<span style="color:darkred;">the</span> / *Ø ) time?  <span style="color:papayawhip;"> as-tu l'heure?</span>
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*Do you have <sup>#</sup>(<span style="color:darkred;">the</span>) time?  <span style="color:papayawhip;"> as-tu l'heure?</span>
 
**<sup>#</sup>Do you have (the) time to... <span style="color:papayawhip;">t'as le temps de...?</span>
 
**<sup>#</sup>Do you have (the) time to... <span style="color:papayawhip;">t'as le temps de...?</span>
  
<i>à l'heure</i> = <span style="color:darkblue;">on time</span>
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<i>à l'heure</i> = <span style="color:darkblue;"><u>on</u> time</span>
  
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=Idioms=
<b>grammatical key</b><br>
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*It's high time + remote past: It's high time we were going.
*<span style="color:darkred;">(x)</span> correct with or without x<br />
 
*<span style="color:darkred;">*(x)</span> correct with x, incorrect without x<br />
 
*<span style="color:darkred;"><sup>#</sup>(x)</span> correct with x, without x the meaning is different, though the sentence remains grammatical.<br />
 
  
 
=Adages=
 
=Adages=
Time flies when you're having fun.
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*Time flies when you're having fun.
A stitch in time saves nine.
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*A stitch in time saves nine.
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*Time and tide wait for no man.
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Latest revision as of 09:08, 18 November 2018

The noun time is most often translated as either: fois, heure, or temps, though other translations are possible.

French translations

fois

  • How many times have you been there?
  • Everyone will get in, one at a time!


à la fois = at the same time,


à la fois... et = both...and

temps

Quel temps fait-il? (What's the weather like?) Quel temps faut-il? (What tense is needed?) Combien de temps vous faudrait-il? (How much time do you need?)

temps veut dire à la fois time et tense en grammaire. En anglais, "time" désigne l'écoulement du temps réel, "tense" parle plutôt des marques morphologiques du temps dans la grammaire (-ed, -ing, etc.)

à temps = in time

l'heure

  • What ( *a / *the / Ø ) time is it?
  • What's ( *a / the / *Ø ) time?
  • Do you have #(the) time? as-tu l'heure?
    • #Do you have (the) time to... t'as le temps de...?

à l'heure = on time

Idioms

  • It's high time + remote past: It's high time we were going.

Adages

  • Time flies when you're having fun.
  • A stitch in time saves nine.
  • Time and tide wait for no man.