Friday – le vendredi

(Pronounced vunn-drah-dee)

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

Friday night is when we finish work and go out to party. I won't be vulnerable, to drunk people, I'll be ready (vendredi).

Friday night is when we finish work and go out to party. I won't be vulnerable, to drunk people, I'll be ready (vendredi)

Note: Mammoth Memory remembers Friday as the last day of work for the week.

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.