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[west verge]

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[slender swallow]

there is no verb here, so nothing to be conjugated
when it comes to indicated time of day, French does use any preposition. "le soir" means "in the evening"
ex: le matin, je regarde souvent la télé
in the morning, I often watch TV

the same happens for week days
ex: le dimanche, je vais au marché
on Sundays, I go to the market

[ocean edge]

Or maybe not conjugation I forgot what it was called, but I thought it might be "au" or "de" of some sort. But I think I understand the rule now when putting a preposition before descriptions of the day. Would "le jour" also be accurate?

[slender swallow]

"la journée" would!

(during the day)

[ocean edge]

Ah! Merci!

[slender swallow]

as to why "journée" and not "jour":
jour is used for counting, even if it's just one, as opposed to several.
journée is referring to the entire time period within. It's more focused on what's happening during that time, from start to finish

[ocean edge]

Could you give me an example of when to use jour?

I'm not sure how exactly I would count with what I understand is the word "day"

[amber verge]

"au cours de plusieurs jours..."

journée also means daytime as opposed to night time, while jour just refers to the 24 hour period

i don't know if that's actually true 100% of the time, but it's at least an association