How to Say "The Days" in French

les jours

les jours is the French way to say "the days".

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of the plural definite article les (the) and the masculine plural noun jours (days).

Because jours is a masculine noun, the plural article must be les and the noun must end in s.

In the phrase les jours, the noun jours shares a common ancestor with the English word 'journey', as both originally described a period of travel or a day's march.
The word jours is part of a distinction in French between jour (a unit of time) and journée (the duration/content of the day), meaning you cannot always swap them freely.
The word jour is the root of the English word 'journal'. While we use 'journal' for a diary, in French journal most commonly refers to a daily newspaper.

Je compte les jours.
I'm counting down the days.
This sentence is useful for expressing the act of counting down the days using les jours.
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Tom compte les jours.
Tom is counting the days.
This sentence shows a person named Tom counting les jours.
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Les jours raccourcissent peu à peu.
The days are gradually becoming shorter.
This sentence describes the days becoming shorter using les jours.
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Je vais chez le dentiste lundi .
I'm going to the dentist on Monday.
C'est ton anniversaire mercredi .
It's your birthday on Wednesday.
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