Word
Le magasin est fermé le dimanche.
Meaning
The shop is closed on Sundays.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Le magasin est fermé le dimanche.
être
to be
le magasin
the store
le dimanche
the Sunday
fermé
closed
Questions & Answers about Le magasin est fermé le dimanche.
Why is it le dimanche (singular) when the English translation says "on Sundays" (plural)?
In French, placing the singular definite article le before a day of the week indicates that something happens regularly on that day. Therefore, le dimanche naturally means "every Sunday" or "on Sundays".
Why isn't there a word for "on" in the French sentence, like "sur le dimanche"?
Is fermé a verb or an adjective in this sentence?
Could I say tous les dimanches instead of le dimanche?
Yes! Tous les dimanches literally means "all the Sundays" (every Sunday) and conveys the exact same meaning. Saying Le magasin est fermé tous les dimanches is perfectly natural.