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French Grammar - Use of the definite article to indicate a habitual action
Where English uses 'on + . . . day(s)' to indicate a habitual action e.g. 'On Monday(s) I go to the market', French uses the definite article: Je vais faire mon marché le lundi:
- Nous allons au cinéma le vendredi soir
We go to the cinema on Friday evenings
- Le cours d'histoire a lieu le mercredi
The history lecture is on Wednesdays
- Ils viennent ramasser les poubelles le lundi et le jeudi
They come to empty the dustbins on Mondays and Thursdays