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Dates in French
Dates always begin with le[edit | edit source]
Dates always begin with le (which does not contract to /' even before numbers beginning with a vowel: le huit mars, le onze septembre):
- le 1er janvier
- le 2 mai
- le 8 mars
- lundi le 11 juin
- Quelle est la date d'aujourd'hui? C'est le 2 janvier
What is today's date? It's January 2
- On est le combien? On est le 2 janvier
What day are we? It's January 2nd
Months[edit | edit source]
When writing dates, months always begin with lower case letters.
Videos: How to read, write and say dates in French[edit | edit source]
Other Chapters[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Present Tense
- Negations
- Plural forms of adjectives — Adjectives which end in eau
- Subject verb agreement — Verb agreement with collective noun subjects
- Choosing between il est and c'est
- Omission of the article in lists
- ensuite VS puis
- Quand utiliser "et" ou "est" ?
- Position of object pronouns with devoir, pouvoir + infinitives
- Inversion of subject and verb after some sentence initial adverbs
- Number differences between French and English nouns
- Irregular plurals for nouns ending in –ail
- Easy way of generating the imperfect tense
- Stressed pronouns
- Negation