
Listen to the vocabulary using the Jukebox, use the
arrow on the right to go down or up into the list. Days and Date in French. We do not use capital letters for the days of the week.
1. Jour (m) / day
2. Semaine (f) / week
3. Lundi / monday
4. Mardi / Tuesday
5. Mercredi / Wednesday
6. Jeudi / Thursday
7. Vendredi / Friday
8. Samedi / Saturday
9. Dimanche / Sunday
10. Aujourd'hui / today
11. Demain / tomorrow
12. Hier / yesterday
13. à bientôt / see you soon
14. à demain / see you tomorrow
15. à la semaine prochaine / see you next
week
16. à lundi / see you Monday
17. Mardi matin / Tuesday morning
18. Jeudi après-midi / Thursday afternoon
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How to translate "in" in the expressions like "in the morning":
I learn French in the morning: J'apprends le français le matin
(in the morning can be this morning or in the mornings, there is a difference in French, if you want to say this morning, you need "ce": J'apprends le français ce matin, you can use "le" for a repeated action)
I play football in the afternoon: Je joue au football l'après-midi (or cet après-midi: this afternoon)
I work in the evening: je travaille le soir
I teach at night: J'enseigne le soir (we do not use nuit here to translate night, as night is very late in French)
As you can see, we do not use "in", however with the noun expressing a duration it is different:
J'apprends le français en matinée or dans la matinée
Je joue au football dans l'après-midi
Je travaille en soirée or dans la soirée
J'enseigne en soirée
or dans la soirée
I study in (during) the day and work in the night: j'étudie en (pendant la) journée et je travaille la nuit.
How to translate "on" in the expressions like "on Monday":
I will learn French on Monday: J'apprendrai le français lundi (the meaning is next Monday)
As you can see, we don't translate "on" but:
I learn French on Mondays: j'apprends le français le lundi.
So, le lundi, le mardi etc... means every Monday, Tuesday...
More examples:
He called me at night: Il m'a appelé en soirée (soirée in French can be 8pm)
He called me on the night of May 15th: Il m'a appelé en soirée le 15 mai (or le soir du 15 mai)
I'll call him on Tuesday night: Je l'appellerai mardi en soirée
He called me late at night on May 15th: Il m'a appelé tard la nuit du 15 mai (or tard dans la nuit du 15 mai).
I have a late morning appointment: J'ai un rendez-vosu en fin de matinée
I have an early morning appointment: J'ai un rendez-vous en début de matinée