Some students who learn the basics of the French language argue that the names of the days of the week are very difficult to remember and there is constant confusion with the translation. In such cases, experienced teachers give a hint key for quick memorization and the ability to distinguish in translation where a day is mentioned.
To do this, it is necessary to tell the student the history of the names - the drawn parallel associations will help you easily navigate the names of the days of the week.
Days of the week: transcription in Russian
The table below shows how the names in French sound in the Russian-language interpretation of the spelling.
Monday | landy |
Tuesday | mardi |
Wednesday | mercredi |
Thursday | judges |
Friday | vandredi |
Saturday | Samedi |
Sunday | dimany |
When pronouncing, it is worth remembering that the stress is on the last syllable of the word.
Features of the construction of phrases and pronunciation
The phonetics and sound of the names of the days of the week in French have several nuances:
- When writing and pronouncing the days of the week, prepositions are not used.
- If the sentence is about actions on a specific day of the week, you need to use the definite article “le” (On Saturdays, I work - Le Samedy Same Grass ).
- When pronouncing the Samedi (Saturday), try to smooth out the sound “e” as much as possible, making it practically unpronounceable .
History of the name of the days of the week
In French, as in some other countries in Europe, it was customary to call the days of the week in honor of the planets of the solar system:
- Monday ( Lundy ) - the Moon patronized this day, therefore the name of the day was very consonant. By the way, in English the same story: Moon in English moon: Monday - lunar day.
- Tuesday ( Mardi ) is the day of Mars. It is noteworthy that in the above English language, the name of the god of war (an analogue of the Greek god Mars) sounds like Tiu, and Tuesday - a tusey .
- The system of names in honor of the gods undergoes minor corrections, but does not depart from the essence.
- Wednesday ( merkedi ) is a day dedicated to the planet Mercury.
- Thursday ( judges ) - the planet Jupiter. Slavic languages made this day easier: fourth in a week.
- Friday ( vandredi ) is the day of Venus, the planet and the goddess.
- Saturday ( Samedi ) is the day of Saturn. In English, the spelling more clearly tracks the influence of this planet on the name: Saturday.
- Resurrection ( dimanche ) - if in all the first six names of the days of the week the relationship was tracked in French, then Sunday goes beyond the usual: the translation sounds like “the day of God”. Similar is also traced in Italian and Spanish.
Children very quickly remember associative pictures, therefore, having imagined a planet or god on the same day, they will easily navigate in the translation, and there will be no more problems with the names of the days of the week in French.