Les mois de l’anée

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January

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Janvier

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February

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Février

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March

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Mars

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April

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Avril

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May

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Mai

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June

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Juin

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July

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Juillet

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August

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Août

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September

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Septembre

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October

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Octobre

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November

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Novembre

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December

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Décembre

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The months of the year

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Les mois de l’année

Question 14

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Quelle est la date d’aujourd’hui?

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What is today’s date?

Question 15

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It is the first of January.

Answer 15

C’est le premier janvier.

Question 16

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It’s January 6.

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C’est le 6 janvier.

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It’s February 14.

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C’est le 14 février.

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It is the first of May.

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C’est le premier mai.

Question 19

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It’s July 14.

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C’est le 14 juillet.

Question 20

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It so the first of August.

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C’est le premier août.

Question 21

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It’s November 11.

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C’est le 11 novembre.

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It’s December 25.

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C’est le 25 décembre.

Question 23

What is different about the first letter of the month in English and in French?

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The first letter of the month is capitalized in English, but not in French.

Question 24

Where does the month in English go? Where does it go in French?

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English: It goes before the number.
French: It goes after the number.

Question 25

What kind of number is used to indicate the date in English? What kind of number is used to indicate the date in French?

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English: A number that usually ends in -th. That’s called an ordinal number. It indicates order: tenth, fifth. First, second and third are also ordinal numbers although their form is a bit different.
French: Just the plain number. These are called cardinal numbers.

Question 26

What is used in French that is completely absent in English?

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le. So, literally, we’re saying “it is the 16 of June.”

Question 27

What is the only exception of the patterns we’ve identified in French?

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For the first day of the month, the ordinal number premier is used. It’s always in the masculine because jour that it is talking about, is masculine.

Question 28

Knowing the pattens, explain why we write mm/dd/yr in English and as dd/mm/yr in French.

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Because when we speak, we say March 10th, 2005, for example, while in French, we would say the 10 march 2005.

Question 29

Link

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https://www.connexus.com/content/chrome/online/lessonViewer_responsive.aspx?header=true&idCourse=135192&idUnit=92519&idLesson=951439&page=1&idWebuser=4283167&idSection=1728314&self=True&menu=off&resizeWindow=true