Thursday – le jeudi

(Pronounced zher-dee)

To remember that Thursday is pronounced zher-dee (jeudi) in French, use the following mnemonic:

On Thursday, everyone’s thirsty, so they all get one measure of tea (jeudi) and have to make sure tea (jeudi) is in plentiful supply.

On Thursday, everyone’s thirsty, so they have to make sure tea (jeudi) is in plentiful supply.

Note: The way Mammoth Memory remembers Thursday is to link it to being thirsty.

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.