Chapter 4: Les Jours et Les Mois (Days & Months)
Learn to organize your schedule and talk about the calendar in French.
Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Name the seven days of the week.
- Identify the twelve months of the year.
- Talk about the four seasons.
- Understand that days and months are not capitalized in French unless at the start of a sentence.
Vocabulary
Les Jours de la Semaine (Days of the Week)
Note: In France, the week usually starts on Monday (lundi).
lundi (Monday)
mardi (Tuesday)
mercredi (Wednesday)
jeudi (Thursday)
vendredi (Friday)
samedi (Saturday)
dimanche (Sunday)
Les Mois de l'Année (Months of the Year)
janvier
février
mars
avril
mai
juin
juillet
août
septembre
octobre
novembre
décembre
Les Saisons (The Seasons)
le printemps (spring)
l'été (summer)
l'automne (autumn)
l'hiver (winter)
Practice Activities
Exercise 1: What comes next?
Say the day or month that follows:
- lundi... ?
- mercredi... ?
- janvier... ?
- juillet... ?