French/Vocabulary/Dates, time, and numbers

Days of the week

Vocabulary The days of the week · Les jours de la semaine
French	Pronunciation	English	Origin
lundi	/lœ̃di/ (luh(n)-dee)	Monday	(Moon)
mardi	/maʁdi/ (mahr-dee)	Tuesday	(Mars)
mercredi	/mɛʁkʁədi/ (mehr-kruh-dee)	Wednesday	(Mercury)
jeudi	/ʒødi/ (zhew-dee)	Thursday	(Jupiter)
vendredi	/vɑ̃dʁədi/ (vah(n)-druh-dee)	Friday	(Venus)
samedi	/samdi/ (sahm-dee)	Saturday	(Saturn)
dimanche	/dimɑ̃ʃ/ (dee-mah(n)sh)	Sunday	(Dies Solis, Sun's day)

• The days of the week are not capitalized in French.
• The calendar starts on Monday
• For phrases relating to the day of the week, see the phrasebook.

The Months of the Year

Vocabulary The months of the year · Les mois de l'année
French	Pron.	English
janvier	/ʒɑ̃vje/ (zhah(n)-vyay)	January
février	/fevʁije/ (fay-vree-yay)	February
mars	/maʁs/ (mahrs)	March
avril	/avʁil/ (ahv-reel)	April
mai	/mɛ/ (meh)	May
juin	/ʒɥɛ̃/ (zhoo-a(n))	June
juillet	/ʒɥijɛ/ (zhwee-yeh)	July
août	/ut/, /u/ (oot/oo)	August
septembre	/sɛptɑ̃bʁ/ (sehp-tah(n)-br)	September
octobre	/ɔktɔbʁ/ (ohk-toh-br)	October
novembre	/nɔvɑ̃bʁ/ (noh-vah(n)-br)	November
décembre	/desɑ̃bʁ/ (day-sah(n)-br)	December

• The months of the year are not capitalized in French.
• For phrases relating to the months of the year, see the phrasebook

The Seasons

Vocabulary The Seasons · Les Saisons
la saison	/la sɛ.zɔ̃/ (lah seh-zoh(n))	season
le printemps	/lə pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃/ (luh pra(n)-tah(n))	Spring
l'été (m)	/le.te/ (lay-tay)	Summer
l'automne (m)	/lo.tɔn/ (loh-tohn)	Autumn
l'hiver (m)	/li.vɛʁ/ (lee-vehr)	Winter

Les nombres (adjectifs numéraux cardinaux et ordinaux)

Vocabulary Numbers · Les nombres
Cardinal Numbers 001-019				Ordinal Numbers 001-010					Cardinal Numbers 020 - 069
#	French	Pron.	English	#	French	Pronunciation	Abbr.	English	#	French	Pronunciation	English
000	zéro	zairo	zero						020	vingt	vahn	twenty
001	un	uhn	one	1st	premier(ère)	prem me ay (air)	1er	first	021	vingt et un	vahntay uhn	twenty-one
002	deux	deuh	two	2nd	deuxième	deuhzee ehm	2ième	second	Numbers twenty-two to twenty-nine are configured in the form of vingt-[02-09]. For example twenty-two is vingt-deux.
003	trois	trwah	three	3rd	troisième	trawhzee ehm	3ième	third
004	quatre	catr	four	4th	quatrième	catree ehm	4ième	fourth	030	trente	trahnt	thirty
005	cinq	sank	five	5th	cinquième	sankee ehm	5ième	fifth	031	trente et un	trahntay uhn	thirty-one
006	six	seese	six	6th	sixième	seesee ehm	6ième	sixth	Numbers thirty-two to thirty-nine are configured in the form of trente-[02-09]. For example thirty-three is trente-trois.
007	sept	set	seven	7th	septième	setee ehm	7ième	seventh
008	huit	weet	eight	8th	huitième	weetee ehm	8ième	eighth	040	quarante	cahrahnt	forty
009	neuf	neuhf	nine	9th	neuvième	neuhvee ehm	9ième	ninth	041	quarante et un	cahrahntay uhn	forty-one
010	dix	deese	ten	10th	dixième	deezee ehm	10ième	tenth	Numbers forty-two to forty-nine are configured in the form of quarante-[02-09]. For example forty-four is quarante-quatre.
011	onze	ohn	eleven
012	douze	dooz	tweleve						050	cinquante	sankaunte	fifty
013	treize	trehz	thirteen						051	cinquante et un	sankauntay uhn	fifty-one
014	quatorze	catorz	fourteen						Numbers fifty-two to fifty-nine are configured in the form of cinquante-[02-09]. For example fifty-five is cinquante-cinq.
015	quinze	canz	fifteen
016	seize	sehz	sixteen						060	soixante	swahsahnt	sixty
017	dix-sept	deeset	seventeen						061	soixante et un	swahsahntay uhn	sixty-one
018	dix-huit	deezweet	eighteen						Numbers sixty-two to sixty-nine are configured in the form of soixante-[02-09]. For example sixty-six is soixante-six.
019	dix-neuf	deeznuf	nineteen

• This pattern changes slightly after the sixties:
  • Numbers seventy to seventy-nine are configured in the form of soixante-[10-19]. For example seventy is soixante-dix (60-10), seventy-three is soixante-treize (60-13), and seventy-seven is soixante-dix-sept (60-10-7).
  • Number eighty is configured in the form of quatre-vingts (4 - 20's) || catr vahn || eighty
  • Numbers eighty-one to ninety-nine are configured in the form of quatre-vingt-[01-19]. For example eighty-one is quatre-vingt-un (4*20-one), ninety is quatre-vingt-dix (4*20-10), and ninety-four is quatre-vingt-quatorze(4*20-14).

• une dizaine (one ten)
• une douzaine (one dozen)

• The French commonly use '.' instead of ',' to separate thousands.
• For 70-79, it builds upon "soixante" but past that it builds upon a combination of terms for 80-99.
• Only the first (21,31,41,51,etc.) have "et un"; but past this it is simply both words consecutively (vingt-six, trente-trois, etc).
• For 100-199, it looks much like this list already save that "cent" is added before the rest of the number; this continues up to 1000 and onward.

The Time

• Use heure in between the hour and the minutes when telling the time, e.g., Il est cinq heures dix
• Note that there is no "a.m." or "p.m." in French. Use du matin, de l'après midi, and du soir to disambiguate a given time. "Il est sept heures du soir" makes it clear that it is 7 o'clock at night, and not in the morning. Alternatively, you could use the 24-hour system: "Il est dix-neuf heures" has no ambiguity; time is often expressed in this fashion, particularly in professional/commercial settings.
• Midi and minuit can be used without an article when telling the time: "Il est midi." (It is noon.)