Il est trois heures et quart de l'après-midi.

Pronunciation: eel eh troah eur eh kar duh lah-preh-mee-dee

Meaning: It is quarter past three in the afternoon.

French uses "et quart" (and a quarter) for 15 minutes past the hour, but "moins le quart" (minus a quarter) for 15 minutes before the hour—a useful distinction when telling time in daily conversations.