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 |
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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) |