Monday – le lundi

(Pronounced luhn-dee)

To remember that Monday is pronounced luhn-dee (lundi) in French, use the following mnemonic:

On Monday I spent too much money on lunch I ordered a whole deer (lundi) to last me the whole week at work.

On Monday I spent too much money on lunch. I ordered a whole deer (lundi).

Note: Mammoth Memory remembers Monday as the first day of work for the week.

Note: In French, the days of the week do NOT start with a capital letter.

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.

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.