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How to Say ‘Gate 12, boarding at 10 o'clock.’ in French

Porte 12, embarquement à 10 heures.

port dooz ahn-bar-kuh-MAHN ah dees uhr

[port dooz ahn-bar-kuh-MAHN ah dees uhr]

🇫🇷 In France: French airports give times on a 24-hour clock, so an afternoon boarding reads as embarquement à 15 heures "boarding at 3 p.m.".

Phrase Breakdown

Porte 12,

port dooz

Gate 12,

'12' is 'douze', said 'dooz'. 'Porte' means gate here.

Example

Allez à la porte 12.

Go to gate 12.

Words in this phrase

Porte

[port]

gate

At an airport, the boarding gate; generally 'door'.

Example

La porte B est fermée.

Gate B is closed.

[dooz]

twelve

The number 12, said 'douze'.

Example

J'ai douze ans.

I am twelve.

embarquement

[ahn-bar-kuh-MAHN]

boarding

Getting onto the plane; masculine noun.

Example

L'embarquement est à midi.

Boarding is at noon.

à 10 heures.

ah dees uhr

at 10 o'clock.

Link the words into 'ah dee-zur' with a falling tone.

Example

Le train part à 10 heures.

The train leaves at 10 o'clock.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

A preposition indicating position or direction.

Example

À la maison.

At the house.

[dees]

ten

The number 10, said 'dix'.

Example

Il est dix heures.

It is ten o'clock.

heures

[uhr]

o'clock / hours

Used after a number to tell the time in French.

Example

Dans « Pour 20 heures. », « heures » indique qu'on parle de l'heure.

In “Pour 20 heures.”, “heures” shows that we are talking about time.

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