French Days of the Week

Days, dates and times are very important, especially if you are on a schedule and need to catch planes or trains, meet people, etc. First, let's look at the days of the week.

You already know some French days such as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, and you also may know Father Samedi from movies that have voodoo scenes.

In French, when we ask what day it is, we say "It is which day today?". "C'est quel jour aujourd'hui?" (say kell jur (soft "j") oh jur du ee). The response is "C'est aujourd'hui lundi" (Sayt oh jur doo e luhn dee) or "C'est aujourd'hui lundi, le dix Decembre". "Today is Monday" or "Today is Monday, the 10th of December." (Sayt oh jur doo e luhn dee, luh deess day sahm bre)

Now you have to try "It's Tuesday, the 6th of June", and so forth. Here are the first 30 numbers, and the months of the year so that you can put all of these together.

The months of the year:

January - Janvier (john vee ay)
February - Fevrier (fev ree ay)
March - Mars (marss)
April - Avril (ah vril)
May - Mai (may)
June - Juin (ju ihn)
July - Juillet (ju yay)
August - Aout (oot)
September - Septembre (set tom bruh)
October - Octobre (oc tow bruh)
November - Novembre (no vahm bruh)
December - Decembre (day sahm bruh)

Just start out with "C'est aujourd'hui" then go to each chart and pick a day of the week, a number and a month. Let's try out "It's Tuesday the 6th of June": C'est aujourd'hui le six Juin". Now pick out different days from the calendar and try it out yourself.

What Did We Learn?

1. The days of the week are Lundi, Mardi, _____, Jeudi, _____ Samedi, Dimanche.
2. Today is Monday: C'est aujourd'hui ______.
3. Try this: Mon anniversaire est le __________________________. My birthday is _________________.
4. Mon jour favori est_______.
5. C'est aujourd'hui ___________.
6. January =_______
7. March =____
8. December=________
9. Un, deux, ____quatre, cinq, ___, sept, huit, ____, dix.
10. Onze, _____, treize, quatorze, _____, seize, dix-sept, dix-____, dix-____, vingt.