Talk:French/Lessons/Dates

Mistake / Lendemain
"Lendemain" does not mean "the day after tomorrow". It means tomorrow but in the past or in the future.

Ex : Il y a deux an, Jean alla voir Martine. Le lendemain (and not "demain"), il alla chez moi.

French dictionnary Larousse said : Jour qui suit celui où l'on est, ou celui dont on parle.

In french, "the day after tomorrow" is "après-demain"

Gringoleblanc (french) 09:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * This is corrected in the article long ago, but the audio clip is off. (I'm able to record, but I'm not sure my recording is suitable - my recorded voice isn't that good, and I'm not a native french speaker.  I can still upload it if you want...) --Sigma 7 (talk) 16:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Dimanche
The etymological origin of the word "dimanche" is NOT the sun, like in English "Sunday" or German "Sonntag", but comes from Latin "dies domini" ("day of the Lord"), like in Spanish and Portuguese "Domingo" or Italian "Domenica". See http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimanche. Took the liberty of changing it.

77.118.96.70 (talk) 08:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC) xymx

LOL WUT
Anyone know how to delete LOL WUT? I think it's in a template, but I can't find it

Ages
Does anyone else find ages completely out of place here? I understand the idea behind including it, but it's an idiomatic expression that requires some explanation and knowledge of the verb avoir. — C hrishy   09:48, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, you have a good point there. I think the idea behind these introductory lessons was to teach some basic material while avoiding any formal discussion of grammar as such. It's quite a common feature of this book that phases are used before the underlying grammar is fully explained. I think many books for beginners that aim to avoid a strict formal approach are a bit like this. I have been reviewing the overall book plan recently (see French/Project/Book_overview) but being just a student myself, I don't have really firm views as to the best way forward for this book. Recent Runes (talk) 13:26, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

please add full date specs
I would like to see an example on how to specify the full date, including the year. Is it Y, d, m, or is it d, m, Y? TIA! 79.228.176.219 (discuss) 18:10, 2 November 2012 (UTC)