A Complete Guide to the Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons
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learn thisDays of the week, months and seasonsin Spanish with our complete guide! Get familiar with the vocabulary, expressions and grammar on this topic and test your knowledge with exercises and videos!
Index
- week days in English
1.1Talking about the days of the week in Spanish
1.2The origin of the days of the week.
1.3How do you talk about the days of the week?
1.4Useful vocabulary
1,5Practical exercise - the months in spanish
2.1Talking about months in Spanish
2.2abbreviations
2.3Etymology of the months in Spanish
2.4How do you talk about the months?
2.5Practical exercise - seasons in spanish
3.1Talking about the seasons in Spanish
3.2Etymology of the seasons in Spanish
week days in English
Monday Tuesday Wednesday… Did you knowweekdays, oweekdays, in Spanish? Get to know them by consulting oursVideoon our Youtube channel:
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| Español | English |
|---|---|
to assemble | to assemble |
martes | mars |
Wednesday | Wednesday |
Thursday | Thursday |
Freitag | Freitag |
Saturday | Saturday |
Domingo | Domingo |
Supervision:
You can abbreviate the days of the week in Spanish. There are two possibilities:
- one letter abbreviationsthey are:L, M, X, J, V, S, D. As you can see, they all use the first letter of the word they represent exceptWednesday. we use oneXforWednesdayto avoid confusionmartes.
- abbreviations of two lettersthey are:Lu, Ma, Mi, Ju, Vi, Sa, Do. It is more common to use them for the days of the week in Spanish.
Talking about the days of the week in Spanish
- Unlike English, we do not use capital letters for the days of the week in Spanish.
I do not have to workUEsome
–I do not have to workMETROOnce
- The days of the week are all masculine, which means that you must wear masculine clothing.the, the, onemisome– and masculine adjectives.
latestoThe Sunday of the month was unusually hoto.
–The last Sunday of the month was unusually hot.
- They have the same form in singular and plural. Since they don't change, only the item changes:
I play tennisEsWednesday.–I play tennis on Wednesday.
I play tennisLosWednesday.–I play tennis on Wednesdays.
- If you want to say "every Wednesday" you can useevery WednesdayWhere are youevery Wednesday.
I play tennis every Wednesday.–I play tennis every Wednesday.
I play tennis every Wednesday.–I play tennis every Wednesday.
The origin of the days of the week.
As you can see, the days of the week in Spanish are very different from the days of the week in English. This is because the Spanish days come from theGreco-Roman tradition.oh saturday is the only exception to this,derived from the Hebrew word Saturday.Discover its origins in the following table:
to assemble
said Luna
And in second place
Thursday
Jupiter
Jupiter
martes
marte
marte
Freitag
Venus
Venus
Domingo
dominus
sir in Latin
Wednesday
mercurio
mercurio
Saturday
Saturday
hebrew word for rest
How do you talk about the days of the week?
read the followingConversation:
- intestine: What day is today? -What day is today?
- Juan: Today is Friday. -Today is Friday.
- intestine: Oh really? I thought today was Thursday. That means it's almost the weekend! -Actually? I thought it was Thursday. That means it's almost the weekend!
Useful vocabulary
We made a list of other useful ones.vocabularyRelated to the days of the week in Spanish:
| Español | English |
|---|---|
The day | The day |
weekend | Weekend |
Now | Now |
This Thursday | This Thursday |
next Friday | next Friday |
next Friday | next Friday |
Past | last (the day before) |
immediately | knapp |
early | early |
Afternoon | Afternoon |
earlier | earlier |
later | later |
See you Monday | See you Monday |
Before wednesday | Before wednesday |
after wednesday | after wednesday |
since Sunday | since Sunday |
a couple of days | a couple of days |
all day | all day |
daily | daily |
every saturday | every saturday |
o sabado | |
Saturday morning | Saturday morning |
Tomorrow in the afternoon | Tomorrow in the afternoon |
Tomorrow in the afternoon | Tomorrow in the afternoon |
tomorrow afternoon | tomorrow night |
Day after tomorrow | Day after tomorrow |
theytwo/three/four/etc.diameter | theytwo/three/four/etc.diameter |
PRACTICE!
Still not sure if you'll remember the days of the week? Try to memorize them with this short filmPoem:
The days of the week are seven, nothing more.
There are only seven days in a week.
If you learn this poem, you will remember it!
If you learn this poem, you will remember it!
Monday is windy.
It will be windy on Monday.
On Tuesday, how hot!
Tuesday is very hot!
Wednesday is cool.
Wednesday is cold.
The sun will rise on Thursday.
The sun rises on Thursday.
sometimes it rains on friday
Friday sometimes it rains
Usually not on Saturday.
Usually not on Saturday.
There are rainbows on Sunday.
On Sunday there is a rainbow.
And we're going to the park, you and me.
And you and I are going to the park.
✏️test your knowledge
After learning the days of the week in Spanish, the next logical step is to learn it.monthsomonths! Unlike the days of the week, the months in Spanish and English are quite similar. Take a look at the following table:
| Español | English |
|---|---|
January | January |
February | February |
March | March |
April | April |
Mayonnaise | I could |
June | June |
julio | Julio |
August | August |
September | September |
October | October |
November | November |
December | December |
Supervision:
Unlike English, the months of the year are not capitalized in Spanish, nor are the days of the week.
My birthday isMETROThe book.- My birthday isMETROThe book.
Talking about months in Spanish
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- In English, the month can be said before or after the day. In Spanish you cannot choose: the month always comes after the day.
Today is the fifth of July.– Today is July 5 / Today is July 5.
- In both languages, the year comes after the month. In Spanish you can include the dateVonoAgainbefore the yearAgainIt is considered more formal.
July 5thVon2020 July 5, 2020
July 5thAgain2020 July 5, 2020
- When writing dates using only digits, the day comes first in Spanish, while the month usually comes first in English.
In Spain:05.07.2020 = TT/MM/AAAA
In the USA:07.05.2020 = MM/TT/AAAA
Supervision:
Three months have adjective forms:April(refers to April),Marzal(refers to March) andAgustin(if refiere in August).
Swampy rains in our country are persistent.–The March rains in our country are persistent.
We mainly use them in the literature to describe phenomena that occur during these months. If you want to refer to another month, just useVon+ mes.
abbreviations
As with the days, you can also abbreviate the months:
- January-January
- February-February.
- March-March
- April-April.
- Mayonnaise-Mayonnaise
- June-June.
- julio-Julio.
- August-August
- September-define.
- October-October.
- November-November.
- December-dic.
Etymology of the months in Spanish
The Spanish names of the months are derived from thislatin:
January
>Jano
Roman god and guardian of doors and gates
April
> in april
when the flowers bloom
julio
> Julius Caesar
general romano
October
> October
number eight in latin
February
> fever
At that time, a purification festival was held.
Mayonnaise
> Maia
Roman goddess of the earth
August
>August Caesar
first roman emperor
November
>November
Latin number nine
March
> marcio
martes
June
> juno
Goddess married to Jupiter
September
> September
number seven in latin
December
> I fall
number ten in latin
How do you talk about the months?
Read the following conversation:
- intestine: What day is today? -What day is today?
- Juan: Today is February 3. -Today is February 3.
PRACTICE!
✏️test your knowledge
seasons
The last topic we will cover in this blog post isseasons, oseasons.
| Español | English |
|---|---|
Primavera | Primavera |
Summer | Summer |
fallen | cair |
Winter | Winter |
Supervision:
There is another word for summerSummer, which is mainly used in literary texts.
As you already know, it is winter in the southern hemisphere when it is summer in the northern hemisphere. Most of the world's tropical regions have only two main seasons:
the rainy season –Rainy season or rainy season, which can also be calledWinter
the dry season–Dry season, which can also be calledSummer
Talking about the seasons in Spanish
- In Spanish, the definite or indefinite article is almost always used when talking about the seasons, unlike English, where it is usually omitted.
Summer is coming.- Summer is coming.
I don't like winters.I don't like winters.
- Then the definite article can be omitted.be fromothey.
In summerWe are going to France.– In summer we go to France.
The daysWinterThey are long– Winter days are long.
Supervision:
form adjectives
In general, you can form adjectives by combining the name of the station withVon. There are also the following adjectives:
wintry- Winter
Primavera - Primavera
Summer- Summer
autumnal – autumnal
Skiing is a winter sport.– Skiing is a winter activity.
Today is a slightly cool fall day.– Today is a slightly cool autumn day.
Summer also has a verb form,spend the summer, which means not spending the summer at home.
The origin of the seasons in Spanish
In addition to the days or months of the year, the names of the seasons in Spanish are also derived from Latin:
- Winter: comes fromWinter, which is the root ofhibernate.
- Primavera:it's related toFirst(first andver(to see) because it is that time of the year when it is possible to see new life for the first time
- Summer:derives fromSummer, which in Latin can refer to spring or summer.
- Fallen:comes fromfallen, which can also be seen in the English word autumn.
I hope you are now fully familiar with the days of the week, months, and seasons in Spanish!
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