Context:
Bonjour chers amis! Keep a calendar by your side because in this lesson, we are going to work with days and months. We are going to learn how to say the date in French. Do you want to learn how to read an important date on a calendar such as a birthday, a national celebration, etc? This lesson will help you do just that.
Goals:
In this lesson, you will learn the following:
? the days of the week
? the months of the year
? how to say your birthday or any other date on the calendar
Don’t forget to complete this exercise when after studying the lesson below
Important: Needless to say that you will have to learn the numbers in French, at least up to number 31, if you want to be able to say what date it is. Check my lesson on the numbers in French – Les nombres en français.
Chapter 2 –> Lesson 2:
Level of difficulty: Easy
Quelle est la date aujourd’hui? What’s the date today?
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Aujourd’hui, c’est jeudi. Today’s Thursday.
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Aujourd’hui, c’est le 6 août. Today’s August 6th.
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To practice more, you can alternate the days of the week (shown below) by using the same example above.
Part 1: Les jours de la semaine The days of the week
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Les lundis, je vais à l’université. I go to the University on Mondays
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Part 2: Les douze mois de l’année The 12 months of the year
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Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? (When is your birthday?)
C’est le premier mars. (It’s March 1st.)
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Quelle est la date de l’anniversaire de Marie? When is Mary’s birthday?
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C’est le 10 janvier. (It’s January 10th)
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Quelle est la date de la Saint-Valentin? When is St Valentin’s day?
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C’est le 14 février. (It’s February 14th)
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| Janvier January
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Février February
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| Mars March
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Avril April
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| Mai May
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Juin June
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| Juillet July
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Août August
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| Septembre September
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Octobre Octobre
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| Novembre November
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Décembre December
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Important:
? In French, when the date falls on the first (1st) of any month, i.e, March 1st, December 1st, etc, you should use “le premier” to indicate “1st” . Example: C’est le premier avril. (It’s April 1st). You can use real cardinal numbers for all other dates. Example: C’est le deux (2) avril. (It’s April 2nd.)
? Unlike in English, the first letter of a month is NOT capitalized in French in the middle of the sentence.
[...] The date in French [...]
Le son de jeudi ne fonctionne pas.
Il n’y a pas de sons de :Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? (When is your birthday?)et
Quelle est la date de l’anniversaire de Marie? When is Mary’s birthday?
Merci beaucoup
Merci de m’en informer, Anna. Le problème est maintenant résolu
Thanks for the lesson. Some are realy fast
For example “Je suis né le dix octobre, 1978.”, especially the year. Acording this can you tell me is this right
20 573- vingt mille cinq cents soixante- treize
95 743- quatre-vingt-quinze mille sept cents quarante- trois
I am testing myself? What about ” les tirets”? When are they necessary?
Merci beaucoup. Tu es incroyable!:-)
You’re very welcome, Elka! And sorry if you find that I speak a little too fast in the audio recordings. Trust me, I really try very hard not to. I make sure to repeat a second time more slowly whenever the sentence is too long or might lead to confusion, but unfortunately, it sometimes comes out as if I was having a normal casual conversation with a French-speaking buddy
I’ll watch myself from now on…(if I can:-))
1) 20573- vingt mille cinq cents soixante- treize –> Just remove the (s) at the end of “centS”. “Le tiret” is fine here.
2) 95743- quatre-vingt-quinze mille sept cents quarante- trois –> This is OK, too. Only remove the (s) at the of (centS)and it will be perfect. ‘Les tirets” are fine here as well. Nice job.
I hope i didn’t sound bad i didn’t mean it.I respect your work a lot.I think is great to help the others. I started to study french a month ago and your videos and exercices make everything easier. I meaned that in principle the numbers are a litle bit dificult. And is good when you say it normal, bcause that is going to be if we have a real conversation in french.
Thanks for the quick answer. I am happy that after 2 days of studying the numbers finaly i am getting better
Oh no, Elka, we are absolutely fine. No hurt feelings or anything of that sort
I’m very glad you like the content on this website. Bonne journée!
Hi Prof Herman.
I can not get the sound for Octobre to work and also “Les douze mois de l’année” plays “Les jours de la semaine”
thanks,
Daniel
Bonjour Daniel! I have fixed it now
Thanks for letting me know.
Prof merci bc. per tout la aide. me gusta mucho como desarollo su pagina.I WANT TO THANK U FOR EVERY THING U R DOING FOR US I APRICIATE IT VERY MUCH
Merci beaucoup pour votre éffort.
Prof.Merci bien,Muchas gracias es usted un Profesor que se deja entender claramente en cualquier idioma y que es agradable seguir,Thank you very much
prof. merci pour tout votre aide. J’aime le francais. Je commence tout juste. Je sais beaucoup et je presque tout lire, mais c’est difficile de faire des phrases. Connaissez-vous une bonne méthode pour commencer à parler? Merci.
Pour commencer à bien parler, il te faudra avoir beaucoup de motivation (et je suis certain que tu en as déjà beaucoup)..ensuite, il te faudra de la patience et beaucoup de rigueur: Tu devras t’entourer de tout ce qui a trait au français: films, amis, livres, radio, etudes, enfin tout ce qui pourra se dire dans cette langue te sera utile.
merci
how can we say in French
I miss you very much.
I want to be near you all the time.
Thank you
Salut Simoziko,
I miss you very much = tu me manques beaucoup
I want to be near you all the time = Je veux être près de toi tout le temps (“tout le temps” can also be replaced with “à chaque instant”)
Quite romantic words to tell someone
You are great.
How can I say in French??
I’m in deep love with you.
You are my only love in my life.
I think about you day and night.
God bless you.
Thank you
Teacher of English Language in Egypt
hi how are you?
well I write to you because I am studing french and I am a real beginner so I have some trouble with pronunciation, can you give me some advice? e.g
with OI = the pronunciation is “UA” let’s say for example the word “quoi”
please I hope you can answer my suggestion also I would like to have the audios of the months, days, fruits, vegetables, etc due to the fact that I do not have time to surf on the internet and to listen to it. And tne moment that i have to practice pronunciation is with my Ipod, so PLease i need to download them!!
well thanks and I really liked this webpage here I could understand many things i didnt before. take care professeur!
Hi Valeria,
I’m good, thanks. I understand the convenience to have all these files uploaded on an Ipod, but I keep delaying this project for some reason…but look, I have just placed some of them online now and you can download them here (note: These are .rar folders, so you may need a zip or rar program to unzip them):
1. Fruits: http://frenchtasticpeople.com/Fruits.rar
2. Animals: http://frenchtasticpeople.com/animals.rar
3. Colors: http://frenchtasticpeople.com/couleurs.rar
4. Months/Days: http://frenchtasticpeople.com/Months-days.rar
I will place more when I have more time.
As for the question about the pronunciation, I believe I have a youtube video dealing with the alphabet and other French sound combinations like OI, AI, EI, EIN, etc. Would you please search? Thanks much.
Hi prof,
I will check youtube’ videos
and if you place more audios just let me know
Goodbye, and thanks so much … !
Bonjour Daniel,
Strange…I just clicked on both button and was able to hear the corresponding audios "Octobre" and "Les 12 mois de l'année". I also checked the original files uploaded to the server, and they correspond. Perhaps, it's a browser (refresh) issue(?). Would you please try refreshing your browser and / or clearing the cache and try again? This might help..Let me know.
Merci!