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Introductory
0.01 Introduction
0.02 Learning French
0.03 The Alphabet
0.04 Accents
0.05 Greetings
0.06 Formal Speech
0.07 How are you?
0.08 Numbers
0.09 Dates
0.10 Telling Time
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Contents 1 V: The days of the week. 2 V: The months of the year 3 V: Seasons

[edit] V: The days of the week.

French Vocabulary • Dates • audio (info •127 kb • help) The Days of the Week. Les jours de la semaine.
#	French	Pronunciation	English	Origin
1	lundi	luhndee	Monday	Moon
2	mardi	mahrdee	Tuesday	Mars
3	mercredi	maircruhdee	Wednesday	Mercury
4	jeudi	juhdee	Thursday	Jupiter
5	vendredi	vahndruhdee	Friday	Venus
6	samedi	sahmdee	Saturday	Saturn
7	dimanche	deemahnsh	Sunday	Dies Domini

Notes:

• What day is it today? is equivalent to Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd'hui?, Quel jour est-on aujourd'hui? or On est quel jour aujourd'hui? (last one is less formal but more common)
• Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd'hui? can be answered with Aujourd'hui c'est..., C'est... or Nous sommes ... / On est...
• Nous sommes... is not used with hier, aujourd’hui, or demain. C'était (past) or C'est (present/future) must be used accordingly.
• The days of the week are not capitalized in French.

French Vocabulary • Dates • audio (info •67 kb • help) Asking For The Day Demander le jour
1a	Aujourd'hui on est quel jour ?	Today is what day?	ojzoordwee on ay kell jzoor
1b	Aujourd'hui on est [jour].	Today is [day].
2a	Demain c'est quel jour ?	Tomorrow is what day?	Duhman say kell jzoor
2b	Demain c'est [jour].	Tomorrow is [day].

French Vocabulary • Dates • audio (info •164 kb • help) Relative Days Les jours relatifs
avant-hier	the day before yesterday
hier	yesterday
aujourd'hui	today
ce soir	tonight
demain	tomorrow
après-demain	the day after tomorrow

[edit] V: The months of the year

French Vocabulary • Dates • audio (info •163 kb • help) The Months of the Year Les mois de l'année
#	French	Pronounced	English
01	janvier	jzahnvyay	January
02	février	fayvryay	February
03	mars	mahrse	March
04	avril	ahvrill	April
05	mai	maye	May
06	juin	jzwan	June
07	juillet	jzuyay	July
08	août	oot/oo	August
09	septembre	septahmbruh	September
10	octobre	oktuhbr	October
11	novembre	novahmbr	November
12	décembre	daysahmbr	December

• The months of the year are not capitalized in French.
• For phrases relating to the months of the year, see the phrasebook

French Vocabulary • Dates • audio (info •99 kb • help) Asking For The Date Demander la date
Quelle est la date (d'aujourd'hui) ?	What is the date (today)?	kell ay lah daht
C'est le [#] [month].	It's [month] [#].	say leuh...

[edit] V: Seasons

French Vocabulary • Dates • audio (info •142 kb • help) Seasons Les Saisons
la saison	season
le printemps	Spring
l'été (m)	Summer
l'automne (m)	Autumn
l'hiver (m)	Winter

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