Que des jeudis

Kenneth M.A1Kwiziq community member

Que des jeudis

Qu'est-ce que ca veut dire Il n'y aurait que des jeudis? Que les etudiants iraient en classe

seulement les jeudis? ou les jeudis seraient les seules jours libres?

Asked 1 year ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Kenneth,

France Gall est une chanteuse de mon temps et à cette époque on n'allait pas à l'école (primaire) ni le jeudi et ni le dimanche.

De nos jours je pense que les élèves ont parfois le mercredi après-midi et le weekend de libre depuis 2007.

At the time of France Gall, children didn't go to school on Thursdays so to say -

il n'y aurait que des jeudis = there would only be Thursdays 

means that school wouldn't exist

Children have always blamed Charlemagne for inventing school!

Here is a sweet page on how school might have been at that time-

L’école primaire de mes souvenirs, 1960-1970

 

Bonne Continuation !

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Not sure if you are asking for the translation of the phrase, or an interpretation of the song? For the first, if you click on any line in the text in these exercises, you will see the contextual translation. 

"There would only be Thursdays" is the translation given here - reading the poem in both French and English with the included side notes, noting the tone and tongue-in-cheek nature of the song as referenced in the introductory description, is probably the best way to confirm the interpretation.

Laura M.C1Kwiziq community member

I'm sorry, Maarten, but in my opinion, your answer doesn’t address the point of the question, one which I was asking myself. 

What is spécial about le jeudi ? As long as I have lived in France, Thursday is the same as Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. 

(As another writer pointed out, kids get out of school around Noon on Wednesdays, in order to attend catéchisme classes.)

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Laura - the side notes do cover exactly what Cécile has covered. That is where I found it.

Kenneth M. asked:

Que des jeudis

Qu'est-ce que ca veut dire Il n'y aurait que des jeudis? Que les etudiants iraient en classe

seulement les jeudis? ou les jeudis seraient les seules jours libres?

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