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Yétili : Henri est en retard ! — Story Time
time vocabulary · late and early · telling the time
Poor Henri is running late! A story made for learning time French : how to say you’re late, early or right on time — vocabulary you’ll use every single day.
🎬 About this episode
Poor Henri is running late! A story made for learning time French: how to say you’re late, early or right on time — vocabulary you’ll use every single day.
🔊 Key phrases for this topic
Henri est en retard !Henri is late!
Dépêche-toi !Hurry up!
Quelle heure est-il ?What time is it?
Je suis en avance.I’m early.
Il arrive à l’heure.He arrives on time.
🔑 The language point
- The time trio: en retard (late) · en avance (early) · à l’heure (on time) — all with être.
- Dépêche-toi ! — reflexive imperative: the pronoun jumps AFTER the verb.
- Ask the time with Quelle heure est-il ? — drill it on our telling-time chart.
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