Lesson 5: Days and Months in French

📅 Days of the Week

• Lundi 🔊 (Monday)
• Mardi 🔊 (Tuesday)
• Mercredi 🔊 (Wednesday)
• Jeudi 🔊 (Thursday)
• Vendredi 🔊 (Friday)
• Samedi 🔊 (Saturday)
• Dimanche 🔊 (Sunday)

📆 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)

📚 Grammar Tips

• Days and months are not capitalized in French (unless at the beginning of a sentence).
• To say “on Monday,” use: le lundi 🔊 (literally “the Monday”).
• To talk about a recurring day, use le + day: Je vais à l’école le mercredi 🔊.
• Use en for months: en janvier 🔊 (in January).

💬 Talking About Dates

Quel jour sommes-nous ? 🔊
(What day is it?)
📅 “Quel” 🔊 = what, “jour” 🔊 = day, “sommes-nous” 🔊 = are we

Nous sommes lundi. 🔊
(It’s Monday)
🗓️ Literally “We are Monday” – how the French say “It’s Monday.”

Mon anniversaire est en juillet. 🔊
(My birthday is in July)
🎂 “anniversaire” 🔊 = birthday, “en” 🔊 = in

Je vais à la plage en août. 🔊
(I go to the beach in August)
🏖️ “plage” 🔊 = beach, “août” 🔊 = August

L’école commence en septembre. 🔊
(School starts in September)
🏫 “école” 🔊 = school, “commence” 🔊 = begins

🧠 Fun Facts

• Most French day names come from Latin and are similar to English or other Romance languages.
• Mercredi 🔊 comes from Mercury 🔊, and Jeudi 🔊 from Jupiter 🔊!
• To write the full date in French:
  le 4 août 2025 🔊 → August 4, 2025
• French calendars start with Monday (not Sunday) as the first day of the week.