How to Say "Half Seven" in French

sept heures et demie

The English phrase "half seven" is translated into French as sept heures et demie.

This phrase refers to the time that is seven thirty.

How does it change in a sentence?

In this phrase, the word demie is in the feminine form to agree with the feminine noun heure.

English speakers often mistakenly use the masculine demi instead of the feminine demie when referring to heures.

If you are describing a period of time that lasts seven and a half hours, you would use the masculine sept heures et demi instead of the feminine sept heures et demie used for the time of day.
In a professional or official context, such as a train station or airport, you will rarely hear sept heures et demie. Instead, they use the 24-hour clock and say dix-neuf heures trente for 7:30 PM.
If you were to use the masculine form demi instead of the feminine demie, you would be grammatically describing the number seven as being half, rather than the hour being half-past.

Je serai là à sept heures et demie.
I'll be there at half seven.
This sentence is useful for practicing how to say you will arrive at sept heures et demie.
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Il est sept heures et demie.
It is half past seven.
Est-ce que le train part à sept heures et demie ?
Does the train leave at half past seven?
Le rendez-vous est à sept heures et demie.
The appointment is at seven thirty.
Il est déjà sept heures et demie du matin.
It is already seven thirty in the morning.

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