Every Monday , Tuesday etc

Géraldine M.B2Kwiziq community member

Every Monday , Tuesday etc

Il vient lundi? -Oui, comme ________.Is he coming on Monday? -Yes, like every Monday.
why is this wrong?He is coming every Monday.  J'apprends le français le lundi. I learn french every Monday, what is the difference?Géraldine tous les lundisle lundi
Asked 4 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Generally speaking, there are three possibilities to express a repetitive activity:

Géraldine vient le lundi. -- Géraldine comes on Mondays.
Géraldine vient tous les lundis. -- Géraldine comes on all Mondays. (not quite good English, I know)
Géraldine vient chaque lundi. -- Géraldine comes every Monday.

Shoji M.C1Kwiziq community member

In the textbook I use to teach junior French in Australia (Years 7/8), we first teach «le + days of week» to express «every (days of week»'. Then, next year «chaque», then later the adjective «tous/toutes les + pl. nous», although the book doesn't teach the differences of nuance among these 3 expressions. Now it's all clear. Thank you Chris!

Shoji M.C1Kwiziq community member

In the textbook I use to teach junior French in Australia (Years 7/8), we first teach «le + days of week» to express «every (days of week»'. Then, next year «chaque», then later the adjective «tous/toutes les + pl. nous», although the book doesn't teach the differences of nuance among these 3 expressions. Now it's all clear. Thank you Chris!

Géraldine M. asked:

Every Monday , Tuesday etc

Il vient lundi? -Oui, comme ________.Is he coming on Monday? -Yes, like every Monday.
why is this wrong?He is coming every Monday.  J'apprends le français le lundi. I learn french every Monday, what is the difference?Géraldine tous les lundisle lundi

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