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How to Say ‘Eight fifty pm.’ in French

Vingt heures cinquante.

van UR sankont

[van UR sankont]

💬 Usage Tip: Minutes go straight after heures with no word for past or after. So vingt heures dix is 8:10 pm.

Phrase Breakdown

Vingt heures

van UR

Eight p.m. (20:00)

Say 'van-TUHR', linking the 't' of 'vingt' to 'heures'.

Example

Je rentre à vingt heures.

I get home at 8 p.m.

Words in this phrase

Vingt

[van]

twenty

The number 20; '20 heures' means 8 pm.

Example

Vingt euros par personne.

Twenty euros per person.

heures

[UR]

o'clock

Used after a number to tell the time of day.

Example

Le dîner est à huit heures.

Dinner is at eight o'clock.

cinquante.

sankont

fifty

Say 'san-KAHNT'. Both vowels are nasal. Here it means 50 minutes, so the full time is 8:50 p.m.

Example

Il a cinquante ans.

He is fifty years old.

Words in this phrase

cinquante

[sankont]

fifty

The number following 49.

Example

Il avait cinquante ans cette année-là.

He was fifty years old that year.

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