time and hours, make the day: moments
"du matin"
morning
"de l'après-midi"
afternoon
"du soir"
evening
la nuit
the night
le lendemain matin
the next morning
le lendemain soir
the next evening
Le lendemain matin, Jean-Paul est rongé par la culpabilité
The next morning, Jean-Paul is consumed by guilt.
When we talk about THIS time of the day or THE day or the year as a PRECISEMOMENT,
or A TIME UNIT in which an action took place, we use the
masculine form of the word
Je prends le train le matin.
I take the train in the morning.
Cette matinée s'est très bien passée.
That morning went very well.
When we consider THAT PART of the day or this day or year in its DURATION, when we emphasise THE LENGTH OF TIME we use
the feminine form of the word.
J'ai travaillé toute la matinée.
I worked the WHOLE morning.
Bats sleep DURING the day / daytime.
Les chauve-souris dorment pendant la journée.
au cours des prochains jours
in the course of the next few days
avec le temp
in the course of time (= eventually)
"du matin" comes before or after an event, "du matin" comes before or after a specific thing in the morning.
comes after
my favorite coffee is morning coffee
mon café préféré c'est le café du matin
a morning shower
Une douche le matin
a shower in the morning
une douche au matin
According to my schedule
i dont have any classes
on Friday.
Selon mon emploi du temps,
je n'ai pas de cours
le vendredi.
emploi du temps
timetable
schedule
avoir fait son temps
to have had its day
avoir fait son temps
to have had its day [did what it could]
After a great day, I'm happy.
Après une belle ____, je suis contente.
journée