Common date expressions

Quel jour du mois est-ce aujour- What day of the month is this ?

d'hui?

Ce sera demain le cinq janvier. To-morrow will be January $th.

D'aujourd'hui en huit. A week from to-day.

78. Non-elision of the article. — The following words do not allow elision : huit, huitième ; onze, onzième.

Le onze janvier ; le huit mars. January nth; March 8th.

Le huitième garçon qui m'a parlé. The eighth boy who spoke to me.

79. The adjective last. — The adjective last may be translated either of two ways in French :

a. When it has the meaning of past, it is expressed by dernier, -ère (passé, -e), after the noun.

Je mangeais bien la semaine der- I ate well last week.

nière (passée).

J'ai vu Marie dimanche dernier / saw Mary last Sunday.

(passé).

b. When it refers to order in a series it is expressed by dernier, -ère, before the noun.

Le dernier dimanche du mois. The last Sunday of the month.

La dernière maison de la rue. The last house on the street.