1.7. Les mois et les jours

Months of the Year and Days of the Week

1.7.1. The Main Idea

To talk about dates, schedules, birthdays, classes, and plans, you need the months of the year and the days of the week.

In French, days and months are usually not capitalized unless they begin a sentence.

1.7.2. Days of the Week

1.7.3. Using Days in Sentences

Use the day alone for on Monday / on Tuesday.

1.7.4. Repeated Days

Use le + day to mean on Mondays / every Monday.

Tiny calendar gremlin: lundi is one Monday, but le lundi is the Monday parade that keeps returning.

1.7.5. Months of the Year

1.7.6. Using Months in Sentences

Use en + month to say in January / in February.

1.7.7. Asking About Dates

1.7.8. Saying Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday

Examples:

1.7.9. Dates with Le

For a full date, use le + number + month.

For the first day of the month, use le premier or le 1er.

1.7.10. Birthdays

1.7.11. Useful Schedule Words

1.7.12. Core Patterns

1.7.13. Practice

1.7.14. Answers

1.7.15. Short Dialogue

1.7.16. Checkpoint

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to say the days of the week and months of the year, ask what day it is, talk about today, tomorrow, and yesterday, use en + month, use le + date, and talk about birthdays and simple schedules.