Les jours de la semaine et les mois de l’année

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lundi

“day of the moon”

first day of the week

on the French

calendar

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mardi

Day honoring Mars,

Roman god of war

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mercredi

Day honoring Mercury,

messenger of the

Roman gods

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jeudi

Day honoring Jupiter,

king of the Roman

gods

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vendredi

Day honoring Venus,

Roman goddess of

love and beauty

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samedi

Day honoring Saturn

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dimanche

From the latin,

dies solis, “sun’s day”

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Les mois de l’année

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mars

Month honoring the

Roman god of war

First month on the

Roman calendar

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avril

From latin, aperire,

“to open”

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mai

Month honoring the

Roman goddess, Maia,

goddess of increase

and growth

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juin

Month honoring Juno,

Roman goddess of

marriage

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juillet

Month honoring

Julius Caesar

Thirty-first day added

in his honor

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août

Month honoring

Emperor Augustus

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septembre

7th month on Roman

calendar

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octobre

The 8th month on the

Roman calendar

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novembre

The ninth month on

the Roman calendar

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décembre

The tenth month on the

Roman calendar

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janvier

Month honoring Janus,

god of doors and gates

He has two faces,

one forward facing,

one backward facing,

to pay homage to the

past and the future.

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février

Month named for

ancient festival,

Februariua, celebrating

the forgiveness of sins,

which lasted 29 days.

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Note the following:

The names of days of the week and months of the year are NOT capitalized in French as they are in English.

janvier

mardi

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Note the following:

To give the date for the first of the month, the French use the word premier instead of un:

le premier avril=April 1st

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Note the following:

For the rest of the days, use the number:

le 2 septembre

le 15 mars

le 27 mai

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