'a quarter before the hour': un quart d'heure avant l'heure.
a quarter to ... = .... heures moins le quart
A quarter til 8 o'clock means it's 7:45. When you hear someone say "a quarter til" it means a quarter of an hour before the next hour. You may also hear a quarter after which means 15 minutes after the hour.
"Moins et quart" is a French expression that means "quarter to" or "quarter till" in English. It is used to indicate that it is 15 minutes before the next hour. For example, if it is 2:45, you would say "moins le quart de 3" to mean "quarter to 3".
In French, you would say "cinq heures et quart" to say quarter to six.
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quatre heure moins quart ; if I translate word by word equal; four hour less a quarter
One hour = 60 minutes. Quarter hour = 15 minutes.Quarter [hour] to the hour = 15 minutes to the hour. OR start with the hour, say 1:00 PM. in fifteen minutes it will be a quarter after the hour. At thirty minutes it will be half past the hour. In forty five minutes it will be a quarter ( fifteen minutes) TO the next hour or a quarter to 2:00 PM.
a quarter past ten is 'dix heures et quart' in French.
You simply add "et quart" (pronounce [eh kar]) after the hour from which the quarter is past. "et quart" literally means "and a quarter".Hence "a quarter past ten" becomes "dix heures et quart" ("ten hours and a quarter")
a quarter to 8 is "huit heures moins le quart" in French. Alternatively you may say "sept heures quarante cinq"
"Moins le quart" is a French expression that means "quarter to" or "fifteen minutes to" when telling time. It indicates that it is the time quarter before the next hour. For example, if it is 3:45, you could say it is "moins le quart de quatre heures."
i dont know how to say about but hour is< une heure
A quarter past seven - sept heures et quart