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Les Temps — 5 French phrases in 20 seconds
French time units · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Les Temps chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases from « Les Temps »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
Guess each one before the reveal. Open the full Les Temps chart →
🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on « Les Temps » (French time units): five real phrases, three seconds to guess, then the meaning. Every phrase comes straight from our Les Temps vocabulary chart — open it for the full word list, audio on each line, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
J’habite ici depuis cinq ans.I’ve lived here for five years.
Je reviens dans dix minutes.I’ll be back in ten minutes.
On se voit de temps en temps.We see each other from time to time.
Il est arrivé à l’heure.He arrived on time.
Une heure a soixante minutes.An hour has sixty minutes.
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