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Days and months of the year -ER verbs in the present tense and interrogatives
Days of
the Week, Months, and Seasons
In French,
days of the week, months, and seasons are not capitalized. With some
exceptions, they are used without the definite article (le/la/l’/les).
The week begins on Monday. Some example sentences in this section use verbs you
will learn later. Many are cognates; their meaning should be clear from the
translations.
Les jours
de la semaine (Days
of the Week)
lundi Monday vendredi
Friday
mardi Tuesday samedi Saturday
mercredi Wednesday
dimanche Sunday
jeudi Thursday
Quel jour
sommes-nous aujourd’hui? What day is it today?
(C’est
quel jour aujourd’hui?)
—Nous
sommes jeudi. —It’s
Thursday.
(C’est
jeudi.)
Maman
arrive samedi, et Sylvie, dimanche. Mom
arrives Saturday, and Sylvie, on Sunday.
Demain,
c’est vendredi. Tomorrow’s
Friday.
To say
that you do the same activity regularly every Monday, each Saturday,
on Sundays, etc., use the masculine singular definite article le before
the day. The day also remains in the singular.
Le lundi, je suis
au gymnase. On Mondays,
I’m at the gym.
Les amis
dînent ensemble The friends
have dinner together
le
vendredi.
every
Friday.
Le
mercredi,
il y a un examen. Each Wednesday,
there’s an exam.
Où est-ce
que tu es le dimanche? Where are you on Sundays?
Les mois
de l’année (Months
of the Year)
janvier January
juillet July
février February
août August
mars March
septembre September
avril April
octobre October
mai May
novembre November
juin June
décembre December
The
preposition en (in) is used in sentences before the names of the months.
The phrase au mois de/d’ can also be used.
Quel mois sommes-nous? What month is it?
—Nous
sommes en janvier. —It’s
January.
(C’est
janvier.)
Noël
est en décembre. Christmas
is in December.
On
a des vacances en août. We
have vacation in August.
Les
cours commencent Classes
begin in September.
en
septembre.
Ils skient
encore au mois d’avril. They’re
still skiing in April.
Les
saisons (Seasons)
l’été (m.)
summer l’hiver (m.) winter
l’automne
(m.) autumn, fall le printemps spring
Names of the seasons are
used with the definite article, the preposition en, or with au (only
with au printemps).
L’hiver, c’est la
saison froide. Winter is
the cold season.
Arielle
adore l’automne. Arielle
loves autumn.
Moi, je
passe l’été à la plage. Me,
I’m spending the summer at the beach.
En
été nous
ne portons pas In (the)
summer we don’t wear
de
manteau. coats.
Il
est très occupé en automne. He’s
very busy in the fall.
Au
printemps,
je porte toujours In (the)
spring, I always wear a
un
chapeau. hat.
Tu
es à Montréal en hiver? Are
you in Montreal in (the) winter?
Les
parties du jour (Parts of the Day)
le
matin morning
le soir evening
l’après-midi
(m.) afternoon la
nuit night
Parts of
the day are used with the definite article for regular activities or are used
with words like demain (tomorrow), hier (yesterday),
or with ce/cet/cette (this). Cette nuit means
last night.
Le
soir,
nous regardons la télé. In
the evenings, we watch TV.
Demain
matin,
je retourne au travail Tomorrow
morning, I return to work.
Cet
après-midi,
on déjeune This
afternoon, we’re having
avec les
parents. lunch
with the folks.
La nuit, les
animaux sont dans leur lit. At
night, the animals are in their beds
