Learn French: Le vendredi, nous achetons du poisson.

Le vendredi, nous achetons du poisson.

On Fridays, we buy fish.

Breakdown of Le vendredi, nous achetons du poisson.

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

some (partitive, masculine)

Questions & Answers about Le vendredi, nous achetons du poisson.

Why does it say Le vendredi instead of a plural like "les vendredis" if it means "On Fridays"?

To express a recurring habit on a specific day of the week, French uses the singular word le followed by the singular day. So, le vendredi translates to "on Fridays" or "every Friday".

Why isn't vendredi capitalized?

In French, the days of the week are not capitalized unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.

Why do we need du before poisson?

In English we can just say "we buy fish", but French requires a little word (an article) before nouns. Because you are buying an unspecified amount (some fish), you use the partitive article du, which is used for masculine nouns like poisson.

What is the base verb for achetons?

The dictionary form (infinitive) is acheter (to buy). The ending -ons is the standard present tense ending that matches with nous (we).