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Odd one out: French time and calendar words
Lundi, mardi, mercredi… mars? Spot the intruder among days, months, seasons and time words, including the tricky annuel / annuaire pair.
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In short
Days (lundi, mardi, mercredi) and months (janvier, mars, juin) take no capital letter in French. Seasons are le printemps, l'été, l'automne, l'hiver. Watch near-twins: mars (March) vs mardi (Tuesday), annuel (yearly) vs un annuaire (a directory).
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Tap the word that doesn't belong in each row.
Mars is March (a month). The others are days of the week.
Jeudi is Thursday. The rest are months starting with j.
La semaine is a week. The others are seasons (with hiver).
Toujours means always. Yesterday, today and tomorrow are specific days.
Le mois is a month. The others are moments of the day.
Une horloge is a clock; the others are units of time.
Le week-end comes every week. Noël, Pâques, la Toussaint are holidays.
Un annuaire is a (phone) directory. Daily, weekly, monthly are frequencies; yearly is annuel.
How are French time and calendar words used?
Dates in French put the day first: le lundi 3 mars. Use le + day for habits: le lundi, je vais à la piscine (on Mondays). Only the first of the month is an ordinal: le 1er mai, but le 2 mai.
Time prepositions differ too: en for months and most seasons (en mars, en été, en automne, en hiver) but au printemps. Years take en: en 2026. For a day, no preposition at all: je pars lundi (this coming Monday).
| French | English |
|---|---|
| quotidien | daily |
| hebdomadaire | weekly |
| mensuel | monthly |
| annuel | yearly |
- Lundi 3 Marslundi 3 mars
No capitals for days and months.
- le premier juin, le deuxième juinle 1er juin, le 2 juin
Only premier is an ordinal.