Le Jour et La Date

Giving the date in French

What do we need to know in order to give

the date?

Vocabulary….

The days of the week….

lundimardimercredijeudivendredisamedidimanche

The months of the year….

janvierfévriermarsavrilmaijuin

juilletaoûtseptembreoctobre novembredécembre

The numbers 1-31

undeuxtroisquatrecinqsixsepthuit

dix-septdix-huitdix-neufvingtvingt et unvingt-deuxtrente

neufdixonzedouzetreizequatorzequinzeseize

The structure…

Standard Format:

C’est weekday, le # of the day month

What’s different in the French date…

The syntax…

In French, the day is given before the month.

Weekdays and months aren’t proper nouns…

The days of the week and the months of the year are NOT capitalized in French.

Calendar Organization

In France, the week begins on Monday.

The numbers…

Ordinal numbers are NOT used to express the date in French.

The exceptions…

The first of the month…

Is the only date that will use the ordinal number – premier.