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Bonjour à tous et à tous! Let’s learn how to say the date (la date) in French today! It’s very easy, so let me guide you through this process. Vous êtes prêts? C’est parti, les amis!
How to say the date in French : what you need to know first
MONTH / DAY / YEAR
DAY / MONTH / YEAR
Now that you know it, let’s officially start our process of learning how to say the date in French!
1. Les mois de l’année : Months
Months have no gender. But the word "mois" (month) is masculine : un mois, le mois.
If you like music and want to learn months in French while singing, listen to this song from Alain Le Lait on youtube : Les Mois de l’Année.
2. Les jours de la semaine : Days of the weeks
Days of the week are masculine. If you want to say the date in French, you can include “le”.
For example:
Question: Quelle est la date d’aujourd’hui? (What’s the date today?)
Réponse: Nous sommes le jeudi 9 avril.
3. Les années : Years
2019 = Deux-mille-dix-neuf (Two thousand nineteen).
1990 = Mille-neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-dix.
If you would like to know more about how to read numbers in French, let me suggest this article that I’ve written a while ago for Lingodeer’s blog : Numbers in French. Or simply hop on my lesson on how to count in French.
4. Different ways to ask and say the date in French
a. How to ask the date in French
Formal / Informal : Quelle est la date d’aujourd’hui?
Informal: C’est quelle date, aujourd’hui?
Formal: Nous sommes le combien?
Informal: On est le combien?
Informal French uses the pronoun “on” instead of “nous”. “On” is conjugated the same way as “il” and “elle”.
To ask about the day (and not the date): What day are we today?
Formal: Quel jour sommes-nous, aujourd’hui?
Informal: Quel jour on est, aujourd’hui?
If you would like to know more about how to ask questions in French, please take a look at this article about asking questions in French.
b. How to say the date in French
Questions
Quelle est la date d’aujourd’hui?
C’est quelle date, aujourd’hui?
Nous sommes le combien?
On est le combien?
Quel jour sommes-nous, aujourd’hui?
Quel jour on est, aujourd’hui?
Réponses
Aujourd’hui, c’est le 15 (quinze) avril.
Aujourd’hui, c’est le 15 (quinze) avril.
Nous sommes le 15 avril.
On est le 15 avril.
Aujourd’hui, nous sommes jeudi.
Aujourd’hui, on est jeudi.
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How to say the date in French (PDF)
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