Weekend writing challenge: Level B1 "With the summer approaching"

Question

Bonjour!
Below is a sentence from the B1 weekend writing challenge, with the correct answer following:

I tell myself that it might be time to go back to the gym!
Hint: Use Le Conditionnel

Je me dis qu'il serait temps de retourner a la gym
My question is: where is the word "might" in this French translation, please?
I was thinking of either using the subjunctive to cast doubt on the action, or including the word "peut-etre"...
Why just write the conditional of etre? .. "would be", to mean "might", please?
Cheryl

Aurélie Drouard · Answer

Bonjour Cheryl !

To express "might/may" - that-is-to-say a nuance of probability/doubt - in French, you will use Le Conditionnel as we don't have an equivalent word. This is how we'd express uncertainty in French.

I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !

Cheryl Nebauer · Answer

Wow! I didn't know that! .. thank you.
Cheryl