Holidays – les vacances

To remember that Holidays is pronounced vah-kohns (vacances) in French, use the following mnemonic:

Whenever she went on holiday she took her vacuum cleaner and as a consequence (vacances) had to pay more money.

Vacances is feminine, but because it's a plural word, it's les vacances. Imagine our lady Labrador flying away for her holidays.

Vacances is feminine, but it's a plural word and so it's les vacances.

Examples of vacances (holidays) in a sentence

Nous partons en vacances en Italie chaque année.

(We go on holiday to Italy every year.)

Je suis en vacances!

(I am on holiday!)

Où vas-tu en vacances?

(Where are you going on holiday?)