- Monday = lundi.
- Tuesday = mardi.
- Wednesday = mercredi.
- Thursday = jeudi.
- Friday = vendredi.
- Saturday = samedi.
- Sunday = dimanche.
How do you say the weekdays in French?
| English French | Monday lundi (pronounced: lun-dee) | Tuesday mardi (pronounced like: Mardi Gras) | Wednesday mercredi (pronounced: mer-cra-dee) | Thursday jeudi (pronounced: ju-dee) |
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What are the French days of the week named after?
| Day Planet French | Monday Moon lundi | Tuesday Mars mardi | Wednesday Mercury mercredi | Thursday Jupiter jeudi |
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What are the 12 months in French?
- janvier (January)
- février (February)
- mars (March)
- avril (April)
- mai (May)
- juin (June)
- juillet (July)
- août (August)
Does the French week start on Sunday or Monday?
Here’s the first big thing to know about the days of the week in French: The
French week starts on a Monday (lundi)
, not a Sunday like it does in some other countries, including my native one, the US. Here are the days of the week, in the order that a French person would say them: lundi – Monday. mardi – Tuesday.
Which countries start the week on Sunday?
So which camp are you in? “For the Jews who write the Bible, Sabbath was celebrated on Saturday meaning Sunday was the beginning of the week,” he said. The United States, Canada,
most of South America, China, Japan and the Philippines
officially consider Sunday to start the week ahead.
Do French calendars start with Monday?
The French week begins on Monday
so that’s where we’ll start. Note that the names of the days are not capitalized unless they start a sentence.
What day is Ven?
| Italian/Abbreviation Pronunciation Translation | mercoledì/mer. mehr-koh-leh-dee Wednesday | giovedì/gio. joh-veh-dee Thursday | venerdì/ven. veh-nehr-dee Friday | sabato/sab. sah-bah-toh Saturday |
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What are the French seasons?
In France, there are four seasons:
winter, spring, summer, and fall, or autumn
, as it is sometimes called, after the Latin autumnus. The French use the word automne, which has the same origins, as well as hiver, printemps, and été to designate the three other seasons.
What God is Saturday named after?
Saturday, Sunday and Monday are named after
the celestrial bodies, Saturn, Sun and Moon
, but the other days are named after Germanic gods, Tuesday (Tiw’s day), Wednesday (Woden’s day), Thursday (Thor’s day) and Friday (Freya’s day).
Why is it called Wednesday?
Wednesday is
named for the god Woden, who is paralleled with the Roman god Mercury
, probably because both gods shared attributes of eloquence, the ability to travel, and the guardianship of the dead. Thursday is Thunor’s day, or, to give the word its Old English form, Thunresdæg “the day of Thunder”.
Who named the months?
Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and public holidays are regulated by Pope Gregory XIII’s Gregorian Calendar, which is itself a modification of Julius Caesar’s calendar introduced in 45 B.C. The names of our months are therefore derived
from the Roman gods, leaders, festivals, and numbers
.
What does months mean in French?
The names of the months in French are “
janvier
” ‘January’, “février” ‘February’, “mars” ‘March’, “avril” ‘April’, “mai” ‘May’, “juin” ‘June’, “juillet” ‘July’, “août” ‘August’, “septembre” ‘September’, “octobre” ‘October’, “novembre” ‘November’ and “décembre” ‘December’.
How do you count to 100 in French?
Counting to 100 in French Lyrics.
Un, deux, trois, quatre
, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf … Et après? Dix, DIX!
How do they write the date in France?
In France, the all-numeric form for dates is
in the order “day month year”, using an oblique stroke as the separator
. Example: 31/12/1992 or 31/12/92. Years can be written with two or four digits, and numbers may be written with or without leading zero.
