How to tell the date in French: a bit of French grammar and a poetic bonus as I’ll be reading a famous poem by Verlaine for you: “Chanson d’Automne”…

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

Le 30 mars, le 4 avril, le 7 mai, le 1er (premier) septembre
le (+ date) = le 1er janvier, le 2 avril, le 9 septembre
le 1er janvier, le 2 janvier, le 3 janvier, etc

en (+ month) = en mars, en novembre
SEPTembre, OCTobre, NOVembre, DECembre = sept (7), huit (8), neuf (9), dix (10)
en (+ year) = en 1920, en 2015
une saison = a season
le printemps, l’été (nm), l’automne (nm), l’hiver (nm)
en été, en automne, en hiver (= in summer, in fall, in winter)
au printemps (= in spring)

LINKS and RESOURCES

“Chanson d’Automne” (Paul Verlaine, Poèmes saturniens)
Les sanglots longs – The long sobs
Des violons – Of the violins
De l’automne – Of Autumn
Blessent mon cœur – Wound my heart
D’une langueur – With a monotonous
Monotone. – Languor.

Tout suffocant – All choked
Et blême, quand – And pale, when
Sonne l’heure, – The hour chimes,
Je me souviens – I remember
Des jours anciens – Days of old
Et je pleure – And I cry

Et je m’en vais – And I’m going
Au vent mauvais – On an ill wind
Qui m’emporte – That carries me
Deçà, delà, – Here and there,
Pareil à la – As if a
Feuille morte. – Dead leaf.

Read more French poems about the seasons:
http://www.poesie-francaise.fr/poemes-saisons/
http://www.historel.net/poesies/poesie10.htm

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