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Published: May 10, 2024

Months in French: A Guide to Mastering the French Calendar

Months in French are similar to English. Learners often pick them up pretty quickly. But what about the pronunciation, spelling, and cultural significance of French months?

When I was studying in Lyon, France, I was part of the international student association. I got to attend some cool cultural events — I ate delicious  crêpes  during  la Chandeleur,  visited Christmas Markets in the city centre, and enjoyed Christmas dinner with a French family who was super kind to host me. While having these amazing experiences, I became fluent in French and lived my best French months!

In this article, I’ll start by covering the months’ names in French and move on with what happens in each month.

Table of contents

• The Months of the Year in French:  Les Mois de l’Année
• Pronunciation of  Les Mois de l’Année

Example Sentences Featuring Months in French

Other ways of practising french months, août-septembre, octobre-novembre, learn and live french months, the months of the year in french:  les mois de l’année.

Here’s a list of all the 12 months in French:

• Janvier:  “January”
• Février:  “February”
• Mars:  “March”
• Avril:  “April”
• Mai:  “May”
• Juin:  “June”
• Juillet:  “July”
• Août:  “August”
• Septembre:  “September”
• Octobre:  “October”
• Novembre:  “November”
• Décembre:  “December”

As you may have noticed, French months look and sound a lot like their English counterparts. That’s thanks to the shared Latin roots of these words. This might make it easier to  remember the words , although you’ll still need to pay attention to their pronunciations and spelling. More on that soon!

Pronunciation of  Les Mois de l’Année

Although they are similar to the English months, French months have distinct pronunciations. For example, the  ai  in  mai  sounds like the “e” in “bed,” and not like the “ay” sound in the English “May.”

And  août  — although it has three vowels, it only produces a “oo” sound similar to the “oo” in “boot.”

Here is the  International Phonetic Alphabet  pronunciation of each month:

• Janvier:  (/ʒɑ̃vje/)
• Février:  (/fevʀije/)
• Mars:  (/maʀs/)
• Avril:  (/avʀil/)
• Mai:  (/mɛ/)
• Juin:  (/ʒɥɛ̃/)
• Juillet:  (/ʒɥijɛ/)
• Août:  (/u(t)/)
• Septembre:  (/sɛptɑ̃bʀ/)
• Octobre:  (/ɔktɔbʀ/)
• Novembre:  (/nɔvɑ̃bʀ/)
• Décembre:  (/desɑ̃bʀ/)

Make sure to listen to their pronunciations and repeat them out loud. This way, you’ll improve your French pronunciation quickly. Take a look at  our favourite French resources  for some inspiration.

Now that you know the months’ names in French, let’s practise them with some questions and prompts.

• Quel est ton mois préféré?:  “What is your favorite month?”
• J’adore novembre car le Beaujolais nouveau arrive en novembre.  “I love November because the new Beaujolais wine arrives in November.”
• J’aime bien mars parce que c’est mon anniversaire:  “I like March because it’s my birthday.”
• C’est quand ton anniversaire?:  “When is your birthday?”
• Mon anniversaire est en juillet:  “My birthday is in July.”
• Quand est-ce que vous partez en vacances?:  “When do you go on vacation?”
• On part en vacances en août.:  “We go on vacation in August.”
• Quel mois préfères-tu pour voyager?:  “Which month do you prefer for travelling?”
• J’aime bien voyager en octobre. Les températures sont agréables et il y a moins de touristes:  “I like to travel in October. The temperatures are pleasant, and there are fewer tourists.”
• Quel mois es-tu le plus occupé(e)?:  “In which month are you the busiest?”
• Je suis le plus occupé(e) en septembre parce que mes cours commencent:  “I am the busiest in September because my classes start.”
• Quel mois est le plus chaud dans ton pays?:  “What is the warmest month in your country?”
• Juillet est le mois le plus chaud:  “July is the warmest month.”

Notice how the preposition “en” is used in French to say “in” before the months. Also, all French months are masculine. This means that you’ll need to make your adjective agreements accordingly. For example, in  le mois de février est froid  (“the month of February is cold”),  froid  is written in the masculine form.

Unlike English, French months are always written in lowercase unless they’re in the beginning of a sentence.

• Set your smartphone and your computer to French. This way, you’ll see months every time you check your devices. 30 days per year — not bad!
• Speak as much as possible. We talk about months all the time while discussing everyday topics. It may even be useful for small talk. Start by saying  Février a été plus froid que janvier,  “February was colder than January,” and see where classic weather small talk takes you!
• Embrace French culture. Learning the months by heart isn’t difficult but what about actually living them as the French would do?  French food  is your perfect starting point. Let’s start with the very first week of January, which is the time for  galette de roi,  known in English as “king cake.” A round flaky pastry,  galette de roi  has a  fève  (a small trinket) hidden inside. Everyone takes a slice, and the person who discovers it becomes  le roi  (“the king”) or  la reine  (“the queen”). Why not try and organise a  galette de roi  this January?

French Cultural Events in Each Month

Culture shapes language, and French is no exception. For example,  Poisson d’avril  is the French expression for “April Fools Day.”  Poisson  is “fish” in French, so for April Fools, French children often make paper fish and stick it on their classmates’ backs! Let’s take a look at what else happens in each month.

In January, there’s  Jour de l’An,  “New Year’s Day.” It’s a public holiday. Right after New Year’s Day, for the Epiphany, it’s time to choose the kings and the queens. In other words, it’s time for  galette du roi.

La Saint Valentin  or “Valentine’s Day” is the perfect opportunity to  say “je t’aime” to your loved one . On the second of February, there’s  la Chandeleur,  “Candlemas.” It’s customary to eat  crêpes,  both sweet and savoury.

Carnivals in Nice and Dunkirk start in January and February, and last well into March. Every year, there are colorful shows, glamorous floats, and parades.

Poisson d’Avril:  time to plan a prank and have a good laugh with (or at!) your friends. The weather also starts getting warmer, so it’s perfect to go to a park to enjoy some French wine and cheese over a picnic.

Celebrated on June 21st,  La Fête de la Musique  (“World Music Day”) was created by the French culture department in  1982 . Today, over 100 countries celebrate it with free concerts. Both professional and amateur musicians sing and play, as music unites everyone around them.

July 14th marks Bastille Day, which is France’s national day, commemorating the French Revolution. You’ll see parades, fireworks, and parties throughout the country.

As summer ends, students go back to school in September. In French, this period is called  la rentrée.

Another public holiday,  La Toussaint  is French for “All Saints’ Day.”

December means Christmas, and of course, Christmas markets,  marchés de Noël.  Get in the festive vibes as you warm up with some  vin chaud  (“mulled wine”) or  chocolat chaud  (“hot chocolate”). Strasbourg, a city in France’s Alsace region, is known as the Capital of Christmas.

Whether you change your phone’s language to French or you book a flight to Paris to enjoy the World Music Day, immersing yourself in French months will be fun. Go beyond memorising  janvier, février, mars…  and enjoy the experience!'

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Yaren Fadiloglulari

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Originally from Cyprus, Yaren is a freelance writer for many digital publications, travel and education brands, and start-ups.

Speaks: English, Turkish, French, and Spanish

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Conjugating the Regular French Verb 'Aimer' ('to Like, Love')

The French verb 'aimer' follows a pattern, like other regular '-er' verbs

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Present indicative, compound past indicative, imperfect indicative, simple future indicative, near future indicative, conditional, present subjunctive.

Aimer  is one of the most common French verbs. It is a  regular -er verb , thus its conjugations follow a set pattern, without any exceptions. Out of all French verbs, the regular -er verbs are by far the largest group—larger than the regular  -ir and  -re groups, the stem-changing verbs, and the irregular verbs.

In this article, you can find the conjugations of  aimer  in the present, compound past, imperfect, simple future, near future indicative, the conditional, the present subjunctive, as well as the imperative and the gerund . 

Aimer is mostly known as the word of love. However, besides saying that you love something or someone,  aimer   can also be used to express that we like or are fond of something or someone. In the conditional,  aimer  is a polite way to make a request or state a desire. And when in the pronominal form,  s'aimer  can be reflexive or reciprocal as in "to like oneself" or "to be in love."

• J'aime Paris.  I like/love Paris
• Je t'aime, papa.  I love you, dad.
• Pierre aime Marie.  Pierre loves Marie/Pierre is in love with Marie.
• Louise est mon amie. Je l'aime beaucoup.  Louise is my friend. I like her a lot.
• J'aimerais partir à midi. > I would like to leave at noon.

There are also many idiomatic expressions with aimer,  such as  aimer à la folie ( to be madly in love) or  aimer autant (to be just as happy with/that)

The  passé composé  is a past tense that can be translated as the simple past or the present perfect. For the verb aimer , it is formed with the  auxiliary verb  avoir  and the  past participle   aimé​.

The imperfect tense is another form of the past tense, but it is used to talk about ongoing or repeated actions in the past. It can be translated to English as "was loving" or "used to love," although it can sometimes also be translated as the simple "loved" or "liked," depending on the context.

To talk about the future in English, in most cases we simply add the modal verb "will." In French, however, the  future tense  is formed by adding different endings to the infinitive .  

Another form of the future tense is the near future, which is the equivalent to the English "going to + verb." In French, the near future is formed with the present tense conjugation of the verb  aller  (to go) + the infinitive ( aimer).

The conditional mood in French is equivalent to the English "would + verb." Notice that the endings it adds to the infinitive are very similar to those in the future tense.

The subjunctive mood conjugation of  aimer, which comes in after the expression  que +  person, looks very much like the present indicative.

The imperative mood is used to give commands, both positive and negative. They have the same verb form, but the negative commands include  ne...pas  around the verb.

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Present Participle/Gerund

One of the uses of the present participle is to form the gerund (usually preceded by the preposition  en ). The gerund can be used to talk about simultaneous actions.

Present Participle/Gerund of Aimer : aimant

Martin, aimant le gratin, en reprit trois fois.  -> Loving the gratin, Martin had three servings.

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