"It's departure time soon; are you ready?"

Translation: C'est bientôt l'heure du départ, tu es prêt ?

[Wivine251742]

Can someone explain why it is "l'heure DU départ" and not "l'heure DE départ"?
Is it 'of the' departure, hence DE LE or DU and DE LA

[Basem-Tam]

Why not "le temps du départ"?

[DonCampbel7]

C'est bientot l'heure du depart, es-tu pret. Is es-tu pret wrong ?

[joerie82]

L'heure du départ est bientôt. Tu es prêt. Why is this wrong?

[Rlando]

The English sentence also uses "It's", hence "C'est" for the French sentence as well...

Other than that, you give a perfectly fine translation for "The departure time is soon. You are ready." I assume you meant a space and question mark at the end of the French sentence?

[neko_sapiens]

Il est bientôt l'heure du départ, ... was marked wrong. Does it have to be C'est ... ?

[Yasir180943]

Yes it has to be c'est when you have an article (in this case l')

[neko_sapiens]

OK, thanks. I don't know why it works that way, but I'll take note of it.