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La date

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French English
Lundi Monday
Mardi Tuesday
Mercredi Wednesday
Jeudi Thursday
Vendredi Friday
Samedi Saturday
Dimanche Sunday

The rules for the days of the week

In French, the days of the week do not take a capital letter, unless they start your sentence. In French we do not translate “on” in front of the day, but in the spoken language, “le” can be used in front of days to mean “every.” For writing or for formal situations, use “tous les” or “les” and add an “s” at the end of the day.  

For example:
Lundi → On Monday.
Le lundi → On Mondays.
Tous les lundis → On Mondays.
Les lundis → On Mondays.

The months

French English
Janvier January
Février February
Mars March
Avril April
Mai May
Juin June
Juillet July
Août August
Septembre September
Octobre October
Novembre November
Décembre December

The rules for the months

In French, the months do not take a capital letter, unless they start your sentence. “En” is used in front of a month to mean “in.”

For example:
En janvier → In January.

The date (number)

For the date, ordinal numbers are not used in French. Instead, we use normal numbers. The only exception is the use of the word “premier” to translate “the first”. As a result, in French, “the” will never be translated.

For example:
Mardi 4 janvier 2023 → Tuesday the 4th of January 2023.

 

The years

Years must be said as a big number in French.

For example:
2023 → Deux mille vingt-trois.

 

The date

The full date is said in this order: day, date, month, year. You can use “le” instead of the day especially when speaking. In the spoken language, we don’t say the month or the year if it’s the current one.

For example: 
Lundi 05 juillet 2017 → Monday the fifth of July 2017.
Lundi 05 juillet → Monday the fifth of July.
Lundi 05 → Monday the fifth.
Le 05 → The fifth.

Questions

Quelle est la date d'aujourd'hui ? → What is today’s date ? Aujourd'hui, nous sommes … → Today, we are…

On est le combien aujourd'hui ? →
What date (number) is it today?
Aujourd'hui, on est le … →
Today, it is the …

Note

After “le,” you must use a number.

The seasons

French English
Le printemps The spring
L’été The summer
L’automne The autumn or fall
L’hiver The winter

Note

We use “en” in front of seasons to mean “in,” except for “printemps” which takes “au.” “The” in French isn’t needed when “en” is used. “En” must be linked with a vowel or an “h.”

For example:
En été → In the summer.
Au printemps → In the spring.

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