French for English speakers Sports · Lesson 0

Events in a week

Days of the week in French — Le mercredi (On Wednesday) — and planning activities: Quand allons-nous jouer ? (When are we playing?).

Conversation

  1. Meera Meera

    Quand allons-nous jouer au tennis ?

    When are we going to play tennis?

    Tip: With sports, you have to use à + sport type.

  2. Kyle Kyle

    Le mercredi

    On Wednesday.

  3. Meera Meera

    et s'il pleut ?

    What happens if it rains?

  4. Kyle Kyle

    S'il pleut, nous ne jouerons pas.

    If it rains we won't play.

    Tip: <jouerons> = lit. we will play.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Days of the week in French?

Lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche. Lowercase. Le lundi = 'on Mondays' (recurring); lundi alone = this Monday.

How do you say 'on Wednesday' vs 'on Wednesdays'?

Mercredi (specific, this Wednesday) vs le mercredi (every Wednesday, recurring).

French sports vocabulary?

Jouer au + sport (with article): jouer au tennis, jouer au foot. Faire du + sport: faire du ski, faire du yoga. Both common.

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