My Calendar
Days
un jour - a day
les jours - the days
DID YOU KNOW ... Some of les jours de la semaine (the days of the week) 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).
lundi - Monday
mardi - Tuesday
mercredi - Wednesday
jeudi - Thursday
vendredi - Friday
samedi - Saturday
dimanche - Sunday
les lundis - Mondays
les samedis - Saturdays
French people have a week like people in the UK, working and going to school through la semaine (the week) and having time off at le week-end (the weekend). Like all languages, French has words 'borrowed' from other languages – le week-end is one of them.
la semaine - the week
le week-end - the weekend
DID YOU KNOW ... The word for 'afternoon' in French is literally 'after' - après, 'noon' - midi.
Le matin is named after Matines, which are the first prayers before sunrise in a monastery. (In the song Frère Jacques, the bells are ringing for Matines!)
le matin - the morning
l'après- midi - the afternoon
le soir - the evening
la nuit - the night
aujourd'hui - today
demain - tomorrow
hier - yesterday
