Using "le" with days of the week + the weekend (French Definite Articles)

Unlike English, the definite article le is used with days of the week + the term weekend in the following 3 cases.

Learn how to use the French definite article "le" with days of the week

- when talking about days of the week in general, such as :

- when meaning "on Mondays", as a habit :

Note that in these cases, the day remains singular in French: le vendredi

- when giving a whole date (day/number/month/[year]), such as :

See also Expressing dates in French
 

ATTENTION:

You will NOT use le when talking about weekdays in a specific context (on Monday):

This rule does not apply to weekend which always needs an article (ce = this)