Friday – le vendredi

(Pronounced von-dre-dee)

To remember that Friday is pronounced von-dre-dee (vendredi) in French, use the following mnemonic:

On a Friday, she finished work early and always had her phone ready (vendredi) to organise a social gathering with her friends.

The days of the week in French are all masculine, so it’s le lundi, le mardi, le mercredi, le jeudi, le vendredi, le samedi and le dimanche.

Imagine one of the early learner’s first lessons is the days of the week:

The days of the week in French are all masculine, so it would be le lundi, le mardi, le mercredi, le jeudi, le vendredi, le samedi and le dimanche. However, in practice, the “le” is rarely used before the name of a day.