Le jour et la date review
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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.
