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[crisp tinsel]

In french or in english ?

[midnight gull]

All day (= the whole day) = toute la journée
Every day = chaque jour (each day)

All evening (= the whole evening) = toute la soirée
Every evening = chaque soir (each evening)

[crisp tinsel]

(That sums it up perfectly.)

[elder hare]

Is my English that bad? XD

[elder hare]

Ok thank you so much, but what about like, tous les jours? Or tous les soirs?

[midnight gull]

Tous les jours is often translated as always, I believe. As for tous les soirs, i'm not completely sure. @crisp tinsel could you help please ?

[brisk cradle]

tous les jours/soirs means the same as chaque jour/soir.
I would say the former is more commonly used than the latter.

[crisp tinsel]

I have no idea, it's just that your question was rather unclear, and I wanted to be certain of what you were asking for. (there's sometimes some very wild requests out there, so I wouldn't be surprised.)

@midnight gull Yes, as Nired said tous les is the exact same as chaque, both are translated to every or each.

The emphasis is slightly higher with tous les, but the meaning is nonetheless the same overall.

[crisp tinsel]

chaque soir could sometimes means roughly each day like if I miss one day, then it's fine, it could be seen as carrying the meaning of usually and for the most part. But tous les jours is far more marked and emphatic, as the meaning of without any exceptions.

[elder hare]

Ah, yes. I just realized I didn't use any French word in my question haha

Alright, thank you everyone! You're so helpful

Wait, what about like, "le weekend" ?

It's supposed to mean every weekend right?

[crisp tinsel]

Yeah, absolutely, it could be used as if it was a generality.

le week-end, je sors dehors ==> during the weekend, I go out. I think it mostly works the same way in english, it's just that you can't really say the weekend to generalize something you do every week without some grammatical juggling.

[elder hare]

Is there any other word that I can use with "le" to have the same effect?

[elder hare]

Ohhhhh I got it, thank you

[crisp tinsel]

Yes. Le jour, je dors, la nuit, je joue.

It doesn't mean it happens every day, but it generally does.

the noun probably has to be related to time, but don't quote me on that. If anyone has an idea where it could have a similar of each by stating a generality.

[elder hare]

Got it. Thank youuuuu so much!

[elder hare]

Francophone native with a perfect english, I look up to you

[crisp tinsel]

I'm far from having a perfect english, but I try to improve everyday. Thank you for your kindness though. 😌