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A2 Lesson 1 of 3 · Capitals & Punctuation

Capital letters: fewer than in English

French uses fewer capitals than English: no capital for days, months, languages or nationality adjectives.

12 min · 6 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Know where French uses capitals
  • Distinguish un Canadien and canadien
  • Write titles and names correctly
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1No capital: days, months, languages, nationality adjectives.
  • 2Capital: inhabitants (un Canadien, les Québécois), names, start of a sentence.
  • 3Monsieur / Madame: capital when addressing someone (Bonjour Madame,).
  • 4Holidays: la Saint-Jean, Noël, la fête du Canada.

Key vocabulary

la majusculecapital letter
la minusculelower-case letter
l’habitantinhabitant