Look at these sentences:
Notice that le Présent is used to refer to current actions, timeless facts and habitual actions. In these examples, it translates to the Present tense in English*.
*but be aware as this is not always the case! It can also imply Present Continuous or Immediate Future actions depending on context - see these other lessons:
Using Le Présent for immediate/near future actions
Using Le Présent for ongoing actions where English uses Present Continuous
Can someone tell me if I have arrived at a correct conclusion?
Il prend le train le vendredi. = He takes the train on Fridays.
Il prend le train vendredi. = He is taking the train Friday.
If there's a lesson on when to use articles with days of the week, I would appreciate a link! Thank you.
Hi Karen,
You are correct in your examples.
The Kwiziq lesson you were looking for is the following one -
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/when-to-use-le-with-days-of-the-week-weekend
Hope this helps!
Can someone tell me if I have arrived at a correct conclusion?
Il prend le train le vendredi. = He takes the train on Fridays.
Il prend le train vendredi. = He is taking the train Friday.
If there's a lesson on when to use articles with days of the week, I would appreciate a link! Thank you.
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- i was told that it is always autour DE (by a french conversation teacher), Is this something that is so commonly used incorrectly that it has become acceptable over time? (in one of your examples, and in others from other sites, it is autour DE LA lune, or autour DU monde.)
I don't understand why it would be described as something used incorrectly.
"Autour" is an adverb
"Autour de" is a preposition
So to write "autour de la lune" would express "around the moon" and autour du (de le) monde would express "around the world"
Hope that this will help?
thanks.
i'm just confused as to when DE always remains DE and when it sometimes goes to "DE, D', DE LA, DES"
The forms of "de" you quote are all contractions with whatever comes afterwards. For example:
de le = du, de les = des
- i was told that it is always autour DE (by a french conversation teacher), Is this something that is so commonly used incorrectly that it has become acceptable over time? (in one of your examples, and in others from other sites, it is autour DE LA lune, or autour DU monde.)
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Hi Céline,
The difference between:
Pierre prend le train vendredi = Pierre is taking the train on Friday
(meaning this Friday)
and
Pierre prend le train le vendredi = Pierre takes the train on Fridays (meaning every Friday).
We use le + day of the week for something you do regularly on that day.
Hope this helps!
Hi Celine,
in French, the article in front of a weekday signifies that this happens all days, not just the one.
Samedi je joue aux cartes. -- Saturday I play cards.
Le samedi je joue aux cartes. -- SaturdayS I play cards.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
Hello! Would that be correct? (meaning every Friday)
Pierre prend le train les vendredis.
thank you!
Hi Tarsila,
You would have to add 'tous' -
Pierre prend le train tous les vendredis.
or
Pierre prend le train le vendredi.
meaning the same thing.
Hope this helps!
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