Sunday – le dimanche

(Pronounced dee-monsh)

To remember that Sunday is pronounced dee-monsh (dimanche) in French, use the following mnemonic:

On Sunday, they planned to go to church as usual, but when they got there they found workmen had started to demolish (dimanche) it!

Note: Mammoth Memory remembers Sunday as the day you go to church.

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.