Hi everyone,
Can you help me to better understand when to use jour & journée and an & année? 
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Bonsoir @kjanina !
Good question! It is indeed one of those little things that the French do automatically but which are difficult to explain…! 
In general, jour/soir/an are just units of time whereas words in -ée (la journée, la soirée, l’année) correspond to a duration :
J’ai passé la soirée chez Marie.
(I spent the evening at Marie’s.)
Il a dormi toute la journée.
(He slept all day.)
L’année dernière, je vivais en Espagne.
(Last year, I lived in Spain.)
Buuuuut this article explains all the other subtleties… 
Bonne soirée ! 
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Hey! I just made a Stream about that! 
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