Quarter to 10.
a quarter past ten is 'dix heures et quart' in French.
10:15
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")
An hour and fifteen minutes.
Quarter to 10.
It is nothing. But a quarter past ten is a quarter hour after ten: that is 10:15 in the morning or evening.
a quarter past ten is 'dix heures et quart' in French.
Ten to nine on a clock means it is ten minutes until it is nine o'clock. Half past ten means it is 10:30, or a half an hour past ten. Quarter past nine/quarter to 9 means it is 9:15/8:45, or 15 minutes after/before nine.
Twenty minutes.
10:15
'It's ten fifteen...' (or 'It's a quarter past ten...') '...at night', or '....p.m.'
quarter past ten means 15 minutes after 10o'clock
4:45 ; Quarter to 5 5:15 ; Quarter past 5
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")
10 before to 15 after = 25 minutes
and a quarter ( when telling the time - a quarter past)