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=== Dates and Time === | === Dates and Time === | ||
In French records, dates are often written out. For example: | In French records, dates are often written out. For example: | ||
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Le vingt-trois mars mil sept cent soixante dix-neuf [on the twenty-third day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred sixty and nineteen (1779)] | Le vingt-trois mars mil sept cent soixante dix-neuf [on the twenty-third day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred sixty and nineteen (1779)] | ||
To understand French dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding “Numbers” section. | To understand French dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding “Numbers” section. | ||
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==== Months ==== | ==== Months ==== | ||
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These month names cannot be translated because they do not correspond to the months we know as January to December. See the [[French Republican Calendar]]. | These month names cannot be translated because they do not correspond to the months we know as January to December. See the [[French Republican Calendar]]. | ||
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==== Days of the Week ==== | ==== Days of the Week ==== | ||
<br>English French <br>Sunday dimanche <br>Monday lundi <br>Tuesday mardi <br>Wednesday mercredi <br>Thursday jeudi <br>Friday vendredi <br>Saturday samedi | <br>English French <br>Sunday dimanche <br>Monday lundi <br>Tuesday mardi <br>Wednesday mercredi <br>Thursday jeudi <br>Friday vendredi <br>Saturday samedi | ||
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==== Times of the Day ==== | ==== Times of the Day ==== | ||