Unlike English, you use the definite article le with days of the week + the term weekend in the following 3 cases:
- 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)
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