Is your child just starting to learn French? I'll show you how easy it is to remember the days of the week on French, and also learn the months, seasons and everything in a fun way. Where do children best absorb information? That's right, from cartoons and songs. This is what we will supplement the main lessons with. 
- Days of the week
- Months
- Seasons
Hello dear readers. In previous articles, we looked at cartoons and children's songs, which perfectly complement French lessons, on the topics:
Today we’ll talk about temporary concepts. Of course, if you start learning a language from scratch with your baby, then you shouldn’t teach him the days of the week and the names of the months. If the previous topics did not have age restrictions, then here you need to understand that children can learn this information from about 3 years old.
If your child is of an appropriate age for the topic, I repeat that it is easier to remember words when watching cartoons. And there are no age restrictions here! If you are learning French with a child, then you will be able to master the basics precisely by working with these materials. Children's cartoons are well voiced by native speakers. A word is written in them, pronounced and then supplemented with a picture. There is an opportunity to repeat the words yourself. So let's begin.
We will start with the slowest option without additional words. This is singer Alain, already familiar to us from previous topics. At a slow tempo, with clear intonation, he sings the names of the days of the week. In the middle of the video there is an opportunity to sing yourself. This song is ideal for beginners learning French from scratch.
Les jours de la semaine
The company Monde des Titounis, already well known to us, presents an educational video with subtitles. It is suitable for French language learners of levels 0–1. First, the days of the week are listed, then questions are asked to check.
Les jours de la semaine
For those who are at level 1 in learning French, that is, they already know basic words, these videos are suitable.
The first one sings not only the days of the week in French, but also what you can do on these days. Let me remind you that children remember words with a motive better. Try to learn the song and the material will be learned.
Chanson – La chanson des jours de la semaine
The second video will help parents. For first-level students, download the train figures, print them out, and the educational material will appear on your wall. With its brightness it will attract both boys and girls, and the days of the week will quickly be remembered.
Le petit train des jours de la semaine en français
The third is an educational cartoon, but very short. About how a girl teaches her bird the days of the week. Suitable for students of levels 1 - 2.
Toui Toui apprend les jours de la semaine
And the last video, which is made in the form of a home theater. This is a full-fledged children's song in French about a prince who traveled with his parents by day of the week. There are subtitles, which makes it possible to understand the song, understand unfamiliar words and learn by heart. Suitable for level 1-2 students.
Lundi matin – l’empereur, sa femme et le p’tit prince
But for adults, I found a French lesson for beginners from scratch, from which you can learn not only the names of the days of the week, but also their use in different cases. Everything is clearly shown, and sentences with examples are given at the end. If you are learning a language with your child, I advise you to subscribe to this channel.
Children's poem with days of the week
And a short poem about mice that will help children remember the days of the week.
Les 7 souris de la semaine
La souris du lundi
A mis un chapeau gris.
La souris du mardi
A croqué deux radis.
La souris du mercredi
A dansé toute la nuit.
La souris du jeudi
A lavé son tapis.
La souris du vendredi
A dormi sous son tipi.
La souris du samedi
A ouvert son parapluie.
Et la souris du dimanche
A cueilli mille pervenches.
French lessons: Days of the week
Months in French
We have passed the days of the week, now it would be logical to continue the months in French. In order to learn how to pronounce 12 months correctly, we will need to listen to a video of a French teacher. This is level zero. The man pronounces each word several times, and does it almost syllable by syllable and gives the opportunity to repeat after him. More suitable for adults than children.
Les mois de l'année
And more for kids video will do from Monde des Titounis. Which once again shows that although the design is for the little ones, the questions are given for children who know the seasons and the order of the months. The questions ask:
- what month is the last month of the year?
- From what month does spring begin?
Apprendre les mois de l'année
And finally, for those who remember better by studying songs, months in French from the singer Alaina. The motive is easy. Pronunciation is clear and slow. Don't forget to sing along.
Les mois de l'année
Seasons, seasons in French
The first lesson I will present is for those who are learning French on their own from scratch. The season is pronounced, then a sentence about what it is. Subtitles on English. After each word or sentence, you are given the opportunity to repeat what was said. The voice is pleasant, the pronunciation is clear.
Les saisons
Video from Monde des Titounis where the seasons are first shown, their name is written in French and a picture of the season itself. then questions are asked.
Days of the week in French – lesjoursdelasemaine en français – a very important topic to study! After all, almost no conversation is complete without these words. Every day of the week is full of events and activities; something happens on Monday, we go somewhere on Wednesday, we meet someone on Friday, we relax on the weekend.
In French words, indicating the days of the week are very simple and easy. They are easy to remember. But they also have some features that we need to know in order for our French speech to be correct.
Days of the week in French are interesting!
These words come from Latin. Let's quickly get acquainted with the days of the week in French! So, let me introduce:
- Lundi Monday
- Mardi – Tuesday
- Mercredi Wednesday
- Jeudi Thursday
- Vendredi – Friday
- Samedi – Saturday
- Dimanche Sunday
Since the days of the week originate in Latin, it is natural that they are very similar to the days of the week in English. And if you are studying two languages, then it will be easy for you to master many lexical and grammatical rules, since they strongly overlap with each other.
So before us are seven days of the week, which we will soon remember, but first we will pay attention to the important rules:
- All days of the week are masculine in French.
- Days of the week in French are written with a small letter.
- Days of the week can appear either at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
- If in a conversation we mean one specific day of the week, the name of this day is used without an article and without a preposition. For example:
Mercredi
jesuislibredonctupeuxvenirchezmoi. – I’m free on Wednesday, so you can come to me.
Aujourd'hui, c'est dimanche. - TodaySunday.
Nous nous rencontrons avec José samedi. – Welet's meetWithJoseVSaturday.
- If we're talking about about actions that are regularly repeated on a certain day of the week, then the definite article is used Le (after all, all days of the week are masculine in French):
Marietravaillele
lundi
. – Marie works on Mondays.
On prepare toujours le poisson le vendredi. - WeAlwayspreparingfishByFridays.
- If a specific, specific day of the week is mentioned in a conversation, then the definite article is also used here Le:
Rappel-toi le dimanche de notre rencontre. - RememberSundayourmeetings.
Not difficult at all!
How to easily and quickly learn the days of the week?
The task is simple, only seven words with similar endings, except the word dimanche. And to remember them as quickly as possible, there are a couple of practical tips:
- Repeat the days of the week several times a day. If necessary, write them on colorful sticky notes and paste them around the room. This way they will always be in front of your eyes.
- If you teach the days of the week with your child, that's even better! It's always more interesting and fun together. List the days of the week to each other. Make it more difficult: tell each other what you do on each day. For example:
Lundijevais al'école. – I go to school on Monday.
Mardi je chante une chanson. – InTuesdayII singsong.
Mercredijerencontremonami. – I’m meeting my friend on Wednesday.
Jeudi je visite ma mammie. - INThursdayIvisitingmygrandma.
Je t'embrasse vendredi. - IhugsyouVFriday
Je bois du thé samedi. - II drinkteaVSaturday.
Jevais al'églisedimanche. - I'm going to church on Sunday.
- Make as many sentences in French with the days of the week as possible, both orally and in writing.
- Learn poems and rhymes that mention the days of the week, which we will give below.
In general, you can learn the days of the week in a few minutes; it is important to consolidate them so that they remain in your memory forever. And now, when you speak French, don’t forget to mention the days of the week, then they will firmly stick in your head!
We learn poems and days of the week!
To quickly leave a mark in memory and remember the days of the week forever, we will use the help of poetry. After all, rhyme is remembered much faster than prose, and especially since we are talking about French poetry. Let's learn and enjoy!
Les 7 souris de la semaine
La souris du lundi
A mis un chapeau gris
La souris du mardi
A croqué deux radis
La souris du mercredi
A dansé toute la nuit
La souris du jeudi
A lave son tapis
La souris du vendredi
A dormi sous son tipi
La souris du samedi
A ouvert son parapluie
Et la souris du dimanche
A cueilli mille pervenches.
La semaine
Et comme toujours,
our après jour,
les jours s'enchainent
toujours les mêmes…
Et ça commence par un lundi qui arrive à pas de souris.
Il attend le mardi
Qui vient juste après lui.
Quant au mercredi,
Il se fait tout petit pour faire place au jeudi.
Et ainsi petit à petit
Apparaît le vendredi.
Mais la semaine n'est pas finie,
Il reste le samedi
Qui attend le dimanche
Pour que tout recommence
Et comme toujours,
our après jour,
les jours s'enchainent
toujours les mêmes…
Les jours de la semaine
Lundi, je nage à la piscine
Mardi, j'aide dans la cuisine
Mercredi, je fais du sport
Jeudi, j'aide maman encore
Vendredi, j'écoute mes CDs
Samedi, je regarde la telele
Dimanche, c'est un jour marrant
Car, je vois mes grand-parents.
Remember the days of the week easily and fun! Bonne chance, friends!
Do you know the names of the days of the week in French? What are the features of their use? If not yet, then let's look at this topic together!
So, in French there are seven days of the week:
Les jours de la semaine (daysweeks)
| Monday | lundi |
| Tuesday | mardi |
| Wednesday | mercredi |
| Thursday | jeudi |
| Friday | vendredi |
| Saturday | samedi |
| Sunday | dimanche |
Below I attach the pronunciation of the days of the week in French so that you can practice.
Also, I would like to immediately note that the days of the week in French are written with a small (!) letter, and not with a capital letter, as in English. This error occurs quite often among students who have a good command of the English language.
How to ask in French: What day of the week is it today? Here's how: Quel jour sommes – nous aujourd'hui? Literally this expression translates as: What day are we today? I agree that it sounds counterintuitive, it would make more sense to use the verb “avoir” (“to have”), then we would get the question: What day do we have today? But the French decided that the verb “être” would sound better. Therefore, we can only come to terms with this. If the question is: Quel jour sommes – nous aujourd’hui?, then the answer will be as follows: Nous sommes ... (and add the name of the day of the week). For example, if today is Tuesday: Nous sommes mardi.
NB: Remember that the article is not used before the names of the French days of the week in the answer! That is, we cannot say: Nous sommes le mardi. Correct option sounds like this: Nous sommes lundi, mardi, mercredi, etc. And in what case is it necessary to use the article?
Let's take an example to illustrate: Je vais à la piscine le jeudi et le samedi. In this sentence we see that the definite article “le” was used. Why? It turns out that if we use the article “le” before the names of the days of the week, then the meaning of the sentence changes. We will translate this sentence as: “I go to the pool on Thursdays and Saturdays.” That is, if there is a definite article before the day of the week, then the action is performed regularly “on Mondays, Tuesdays,” etc. Therefore, if we say “le lundi”, it means: “on Mondays”, “le mardi” - “on Tuesdays”, “le mercredi” - “on Wednesdays”, “le jeudi” - “on Thursdays”, “le vendredi" - "on Fridays", "le samedi" - "on Saturdays" and "le dimanche" - "on Sundays".
How to say: “last Tuesday, Thursday”, etc. or “next Tuesday, Thursday”, etc.? For these purposes, the words “dernier” - “past” and “prochain” - “next” are used. If we want to say: “last Monday”, then it is said like this: “lundi dernier”, if “next Monday” - “lundi prochain”.
This is some simple science! Don't forget about these important nuances, and your French speech will be correct and beautiful!
In this lesson you will learn the names of the days of the week, months and learn how to name the date. First, let's get acquainted with the names of the days of the week.
Days of the week
Everything is standard here, each day has its own name: Lundi- Monday, Mardi- Tuesday, Mercredi- Wednesday, Jeudi- Thursday, Vendredi- Friday, Samedi- Saturday, Dimanche- Sunday.
Prepositions are not used with days and weeks: Je vais au cinema samedi. I'm going to the cinema on Saturday.
To say “on” some days, use the definite article "le": Le dimanche je suis libre.- I'm free on Sundays.
To name a date (except for the first number), use cardinal numbers with definite article: Aujourd'hui, c'est dimanche, le cinq juin.– Today is Sunday, the fifth of June.
The first number is indicated by an ordinal number: C'est le premier juin, Mercredi.- First of June, Wednesday.
Before numerals huit And onze truncation of the article does not occur: Le huit, le onze.
Months
As for the months, everything is standard here too: four seasons and twelve months. All months in French are masculine. Their names are given in the table:
Time of year
To say "summer", "autumn" or "winter", you need a preposition en: en été, en autumne, en hiver- but for spring use an excuse "au": au prentemps.
Years
So, after becoming familiar with the months and days of the week, it’s time to find out what the years are called in French. They do this the same way as in Russian - with thousands, hundreds and tens.
It’s interesting, but the word “year” itself is not indicated when reading:
April 12, 2015 - le douze avril deux mille quinze.
If you only need to specify the year, a preposition is required "en": en deux mille quinze je ai vecu a Paris.— In 2015 I lived in Paris.
In French, dates are written in the sequence “day month year” without commas, and the names of months are written with a small letter.
Lesson assignments
Exercise 1. Write the dates in words.
February 24, 1982
January 18, Saturday
November 29, 2006
August 1, Thursday
in 1983
March 14, 2012
December 8, 1999
Answer 1.
vingt-quatre février mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-deux
dix-huit janvier, samedi
ving-neuf novembre deux mille six
le premiere août, jeudi
en mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-trois
quatorze mars deux mille douze
huit décembre mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
Months and seasons in French are required vocabulary. After all, we have to mention seasons and weather in almost every conversation. But I really want to properly glorify my favorite time of year.
Summer gives us sunny days, flowers and fruits. Autumn pleases the eye with its colors and harvest. Winter means snowy fun and, of course, New Year and Christmas holidays. Well, in the spring everything is born again. Let's try to translate it all!
We learn the seasons and months
Friends, if you don’t yet know how the seasons and months sound in French, then it’s time to find out and remember it well, because these words are very often found in French speech:
Les saisons de l'année– seasons:
- L'hiver - winter
- Le printemps – spring
- L'été – summer
- L'automne - autumn
Les mois de l'année– months of the year
- Janvier – January
- Février – February
- Mars – March
- Avril – April
- Mai – May
- Juin – June
- Juillet – July
- Août – August
- Septembre – September
- Octobre – October
- November - November
- December - December
Some necessary expressions:
- Janvier est le primer mois de l'année. – January is the first month of the year.
- Quand est ton anniversaire? Mon anniversaire est le vingt-quatre avril. – When is your birthday? My birthday is the twenty-fourth of April.
- Décembre est le dernier mois de l'année. – December is the last month of the year.
- Après fevrier vient le mois de mars. – After February comes the month of March.
- Le huit mars est la fête des femmes. – The eighth of March is a women’s holiday.
- On célèbre les Pâques en printemps. – Easter is celebrated in the spring.
- L'automne est la saison de récolte. – Autumn is harvest time.
How to talk about your favorite season
Now pay attention to how to talk about your favorite saison de l'année in French. Since we already talked about the weather in one of our lessons, when talking about your favorite season, use a description of the weather.
You may be asked:
- Quelle est ta saison préférée? Pourquoi? – What is your favorite time of year? Why?
- Quel temps est le plus agréable pour toi? – What weather (what time) is the most pleasant for you?
- Est-ce que tu es d'accord que toutes les saisons sont belles? – Do you agree that all seasons are good? (that nature doesn’t have bad weather?)
These questions can be answered approximately like this:
Ma saison préférée est l'hiver. J'aime beaucoup l'hiver, parce qu'il neige tout le temps et on peut faire du ski ou patiner. Il fait froid, mais cela n’est rien, car l’hiver apporte beaucoup de fê tes: le Nouvel An, le Noël et les autres. Tout le monde est heureux et tous s'amusent. - Myfavoritetimeyear- winter. I really love winter because it snows all the time and you can ski or skate. The weather is cold, but that's okay because winter brings many holidays: New Year, Christmas and others. Everyone is happy and everyone is having fun.
Le printemps est magnifique, parce que la neige fond, partout apairessent les ruisseaux. Les arbres verdissent, les animaux se réveillent, les oiseaux reviennent des pays chauds. Les fleurs et les arbres fleurissent. Toutestbeauetnouveaupartout – Spring is beautiful because the snow is melting and streams appear everywhere. The trees are turning green, the animals are waking up, the birds are returning from warm countries. Flowers and trees are blooming. Everything around is beautiful and new.
L'été est joyeux et gait. J'aime beaucoup cette saison, car en été on a les vacances et on peut aller à la mer. En été on mange beaucoup de fruits, on va au lac, à la forê t. En été on a plus de temps libre. C'est la saison la plus chaude et la plus belle de toutes les saisons. - SummerfunnyAndjoyful. I really love this time of year, because in the summer there are holidays and you can go to the sea. In the summer they eat a lot of fruit, go to the lake, to the forest. In summer we have more free time. This is the warmest and most beautiful time of the year of all.
L'automneapportetoteslescouleursjoyuses.Onadmirelesfeuilles jaunes, rouges, parfois vertes, brunes et oranges. En automne il est bien d'aller dans la forê t et admirer toute la beauté là-bas. Les paysans font la moisson. En automne on mange les fruits et les légumes. Les enfants vont à l'école. En automne il pleut souvent et il fait froid, mais la nature est toujours belle. - AutumnbringsAllfunnypaints. We admire yellow, red, sometimes green, brown and orange leaves. In autumn it would be nice to go to the forest and admire all this beauty there. Peasants are harvesting. In autumn we eat fruits and vegetables. Children go to school. In autumn it is often rainy and cold, but nature is always beautiful.
A minute of French history about the seasons
Friends, since we are talking about the seasons, it is worth saying a few words here about the Limburg brothers and their painting “The Seasons” of the 15th century. This is a calendar made for the Duke of Berry. The brothers worked so hard that the work turned out to be grandiose and very beautiful. This entire cycle of their painting is called “The Magnificent Book of Hours of the Duke of Berry,” and since today we are talking about the seasons, it is precisely this section of the book of hours that we will focus on.
Duke Jean of Berry was the son of the French king John II the Good, he was very educated for his time. It was he who commissioned a series of miniatures on the theme of the seasons from Dutch artists.
The “Seasons” cycle consists of 12 miniatures depicting the entertainment of nobles or peasant work. Such a calendar was made for the book of hours so that the reader could determine the correspondence of prayers to certain days, days of the week, and also church holidays. Each miniature contains a semicircle (tympanum), which depicts a solar chariot driven by Phoebus, the zodiac signs corresponding to the month and its degrees. The calendar shows the days of the month, church holidays and the names of saints.
Calendar “Seasons” – miniature “April” In the background of each image there is either a castle of the Duke of Berry or castles that belonged to the king of France. The miniatures for the months of January, April, May and August show scenes from the lives of the nobles and the Duke of Berry himself, while the miniatures dedicated to the other months depict peasants, agricultural work and occupations corresponding to the seasons .
The illustrations of the “Seasons” series are a grandiose and innovative work for those times, in terms of focus, selected themes for the image, composition, artistic and technical execution.
Cover of a textbook on the history of the Middle Ages In general, the Limburg brothers did their best for the Duke of Berry. We all know these miniatures - where do they come from? Of course, from the cover of a textbook on the history of the Middle Ages for 6th grade. We all remember this beautiful castle of the Duke and the peasants on the cover of the textbook, busy with sowing.
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