Capital letters for days, months, languages and « I »

La règle

Use a capital letter for days (Monday), months (May), languages and nationalities (English, French, Spanish), names (Sara, Omar) and the word I. Seasons take a small letter: summer, winter.

L'arabe n'a pas de majuscules, donc les apprenants écrivent souvent monday, english ou un petit i. Le français écrit les jours, les mois et les langues avec une minuscule (lundi, mai, anglais), ce qui ajoute à la confusion.

Exemples

Dans une conversation

A: When is your English class?

B: On Mondays and Wednesdays. I started in October.

A: Is your teacher English?

B: No, she's Spanish. Next summer I want to learn Spanish too!

Entraînement

Choisissez la bonne réponse. Les réponses sont à la fin de la leçon.

1. We start our course ___.
   • a) in september
   • b) in September
   • c) In september
2. Lina speaks ___.
   • a) arabic and english
   • b) Arabic and english
   • c) Arabic and English
3. We go to the beach in ___.
   • a) summer
   • b) Summer
   • c) the Summer

Astuce

Seasons are the exception: in summer, this winter. School subjects also take a small letter (maths, history), except languages: I study maths and English.

Réponses

1. b) in September. Months always take a capital letter.
2. c) Arabic and English. Every language takes a capital letter.
3. a) summer. Seasons take a small letter.

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