Le lundi matin, ma classe de français commence à huit heures.

On Monday morning, my French class starts at eight o’clock.

Breakdown of Le lundi matin, ma classe de français commence à huit heures.

• ma: my
• le français: the French
• le matin: the morning
• à: at

Questions & Answers about Le lundi matin, ma classe de français commence à huit heures.

Why is there le before lundi matin? In English we just say “On Monday mornings”.

In French, you normally use the definite article le before days of the week to express a habitual/repeated action.

• Le lundi matin = on Monday mornings / every Monday morning
• Lundi matin (without le) = usually a specific Monday morning, similar to on Monday morning (this one), depending on context.

So Le lundi matin, ma classe… tells us this happens regularly, not just once.

Does Le lundi matin mean every Monday morning or this Monday morning?

By default:

• Le lundi matin = every Monday morning, or Monday mornings in general.
• To talk about this particular Monday morning, you’d say:
  Ce lundi matin, ma classe de français commence à huit heures.
  (This Monday morning, my French class starts at eight.)

So the le signals a regular schedule.

Why aren’t lundi and français capitalized in French?