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Le calendrier
Knowing the French days of the week, months of the year, and seasons will come in handy when traveling, making plans with friends, talking about history, and lots more. Click to listen to the sound files.
Les jours de la semaine – Days of the week
| lundi | Monday | |
| mardi | Tuesday | |
| mercredi | Wednesday | |
| jeudi | Thursday | |
| vendredi | Friday | |
| samedi | Saturday | |
| dimanche | Sunday |
À noter
- The French week starts on Monday.
- French days of the week are not capitalized.
- les jours de la semaine – days of the week (all seven days)
- les jours de semaine aka les jours ouvrables – weekdays (5 days: Monday to Friday)
Question: What day is it?
Answer: It’s … / Today is …
- C’est … / Aujourd’hui, c’est …
- On est … / Aujourd’hui, on est …
- Nous sommes … / Aujourd’hui, nous sommes …
Question: What day is (your birthday / Christmas) this year?
- Quel jour tombe (ton anniversaire / Noël) cette année ?
- Quand tombe (ton anniversaire / Noël) cette année ?
Answer: It’s on …
Fais gaffe !
When answering one of the above questions or when talking about someone that happened on a certain day – a one-time event – you do not need the definite article le:
Par exemple…
| Nous sommes samedi. | It’s Saturday. | |
| On peut aller au ciné vendredi. | We could go to the movies on Friday. | |
| Je ne travaille pas lundi. | I’m not working (this) Monday. |
However, when referring to something that regularly happens on the same day of the week, you do need the article.
Par exemple…
| On va au ciné le vendredi. | We go to the movies on Fridays. | |
| Je ne travaille pas le lundi. | I don’t work on Mondays. |
Les mois de l’année – Months of the year
| janvier | January | |
| février | February | |
| mars | March | |
| avril | April | |
| mai | May | |
| juin | June | |
| juillet | July | |
| août | August | |
| septembre | September | |
| octobre | October | |
| novembre | November | |
| décembre | December |
À noter
- French months are not capitalized either.
- To talk about something that happens in a certain month, use the preposition en:
Par exemple…
| Mon anniversaire est en septembre. | My birthday is in September. | |
| Nous allons voyager en avril. | We’re going to travel in April. |
Les saisons – Seasons
| printemps | spring | |
| été | summer | |
| automne | autumn/fall | |
| hiver | winter |
À noter
- All French calendar words – days, months, seasons – are masculine.
- To talk about something that happens in a certain season, use au for printemps and en for the other three.
Par exemple…
| Il fait beau au printemps. | The weather is nice in the spring. | |
| Je ne voyage jamais en hiver. | I never travel in the winter. |
French expressions
- attacher lundi avec mardi
- bonne année
- c’est
- ce n’est pas mardi gras aujourd’hui
- le chassé-croisé des juillettistes et des aoûtiens
- en avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil
- une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps
- le jour J
- passer à l’heure d’été
- passer à l’heure d’hiver
- le poisson d’avril
- tous les 36 du mois
- vendredi fou
- le vendredi treize
Quizzes
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French lesson plans
- Apprenons le français (Unit, K-8th grade)
- Daily routine (Lesson plan, 1st-12th grade)
- Months of the year (Worksheet, 4th-8th grade)
- Seasonal round (Worksheet, 5th-7th grade)
Related lessons
- An vs année, jour vs journée
- Calendar eras
- Capitalization
- Dates
- Definite articles
- Telling time
- Weather
- Zodiac signs
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Reread this lesson from the Dates lesson. I also changed my computer calendar, a short while ago, to start with the option of Mondays . Took a little getting used to, but now it makes much more sense to have the two days of le week-end together, instead of split by the weekdays.
I’m guessing the French adopted the phrase week-end, but they made better use of the concept in their calendar layouts.
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Thanks, Like always nice, easy, short and useful .