It may not necessary for
you to learn all the words in the French vocabulary list, but the days of the
week would be most interesting and useful to you. They allow you to build your
basic French vocabulary.We will try also to incorporate them into sentences in
order to include them into conversations
.
It should be noted that some of the days of the week in
French are named after planets and gods? For example, Monday is named after the
moon in English, and in French - lundi (la lune is 'the moon'). Mardi
(Tuesday) is named after Mars (Mars).
The names of the days of the week in
French are as follows:
Dimanche - Sunday
Lundi - MondayMardi - Tuesday
Mercredi - Wednesday
Jeudi - Thursday
Vendredi - Friday
Samedi - Saturday
Useful
French Phrases
We will try to
incorporate the new French words that we have learned to sentences in order to
form some useful French sentences that are widely used in French.
Useful
French Phrases
Aujourd'hui nous sommes lundi.
Today we are Monday.
Today we are Monday.
Demain nous
serons mardi.
Tomorrow we will be Tuesday.
Tomorrow we will be Tuesday.
Hier nous
étions dimanche.
Yesterday we were Sunday.
Yesterday we were Sunday.
Il y a sept jours dans la semaine
There are seven days in the week
There are seven days in the week
In the following
phrases, lundi can be replaced by any of the other days:
ce lundi
|
this Monday
|
je ferai ça lundi
|
I'll do it on Monday
|
lundi dernier
|
last Monday
|
lundi prochain
|
next Monday
|
le lundi
|
on Mondays
|
le lundi 20 février
|
Monday the 20th of
February
|
lundi 20
|
(on) Monday the 20th
|
tous les lundis
|
every Monday
|
- The French week starts on Monday, rather than Sunday.
- The English word "fortnight" does not exist in French, however there is an expression "quinzaine", "en quinze jours", which refers to a 15 day period
The simplest method for learning to speak the days
of the week is by heart. Read the words out aloud and listen to the
pronunciation in the video a few times and you'll quickly learn them by heart.
Good luck!
