Daves French Days and Weeks Vocabulary

Days of the Week
NB:
All day names are masculine.
Day names in French relate to celestial bodies, included as a reminder.

English French Pronounced Celestial
Monday Lundi loon-dee Moon
Tuesday Mardi mar-dee Mars
Wednesday Mercredi merkra-dee Mercury
Thursday Jeudi joo-dee Jupiter
Friday Vendredi vaundra-dee Venus
Saturday Samedi sam-ah-dee Saturn
Sunday Dimanche dee-monch Sun

Today Aujourd'hui (abbrev Auj) awe-jord-wee
Yesterday Heir ee-air
Tomorrow Demain du-man
The day before La veille la vehy
The day after Le lendemain lu lon-der-man
The day before yesterday Avant heir ah-vont ee-air
The day after tomorrow Le surlendemain sure-lon-der-man
Next [day name] [day name] prochain [day name] pro-shen
Last [day name] [day name] dernier [day name] dern-yae

Parts of the day Parties de la journée Par-tee d la joor-nay
The morning Le matin lu matan
Early morning Tôt le matin toe lu matan
The afternoon l'après-midi lap-ray midee
The evening Le soir lu swaa
Early evening En début de soirée on deb-you d swaa-ray
The night Le nuit lu nuwee
Late night Tard dans la nuit Tar don la nuwee
Midday Midi me-dee
Midnight Minuit min-wee

Weeks    
A week La semaine la sur-men
Last week La semaine dernière la sur-men dern-yeah
Next week La semaine prochaine la sur-men pro-shen
A fortnight Une quinzaine (de jours) oon can-zen (do joor)

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