5th
SEASONS= ESTACIONES DEL AÑO
spring= primavera
summer= verano
autumn/ fall= otoño
winter= invierno
DAYS OF THE WEEK= DÍAS DE LA SEMANA
Monday= lunes
Tuesday= martes
Wednesday= miércoles
Thursday= jueves
Friday= viernes
Saturday= sábado
Sunday= domingo
MONTHS OF THE YEAR= MESES DEL AÑO
January= enero
February= febrero
March= marzo
April= abril
May= mayo
June= junio
July= julio
August= agosto
September= septiembre
October= octubre
November= noviembre
December= diciembre
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR
JANUARY: From god of the endings and beginnings (Janus), who had two faces, so he could look in 2 directions
FEBRUARY: Comes from the Roman celebration of cleaning. When it’s got 29 days it is called a “leap year”.
MARCH:From god of war (Mars). It is conected with storms and wind.
APRIL: Comes from the Latin “to open”. It rains a lot, the grass and flowers appear.
MAY: Comes from goddess of the fields Maia (young and pretty).
JUNE: Comes from goddess Juno. It was considered the best month to be married because she is the goddess of fertility.
JULY: Named after the Roman general Julius Caesar. A new calendar was made. In the old calendar the first month was March.
AUGUST: Comes from the Roman Augustus, meaning “noble”.
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER: Are the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth months in the old calendar.
POEM ABOUT THE MONTHS
"Thirty days have September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one.
But February is really great.
It's the one with twenty-eight.
And to make it crystal clear,
Twenty-nine in a leap year".
SPECIAL ORDINAL NUMBERS = NÚMEROS ORDINALES ESPECIALES
1st- first
2nd - second
3rd - third
21st - twenty-first
22nd - twenty-second
23rd - twenty-third
31st - thirty-first
The rest: 4th, 5th....., 30th
6th
ORDINAL NUMBERS (1st- 31st)= NÚMEROS ORDINALES
1st- first
2nd - second
3rd - third
4th – fourth
5th - fifth
6th - sixth
7th - seventh
8th - eighth
9th - ninth
10th – tenth
11th - eleventh
12th - twelfth
13th - thirteenth
14th - fourteenth
15th - fifteenth
16th - sixteenth
17th – seventeenth
18th – eighteenth
19th - nineteenth
20th – twentieth
21st - twenty-first
22nd - twenty-second
23rd - twenty-third
24th - twenty-fourth
25th - twenty-fifth
26th - twenty-sixth
27th - twenty-seventh
28th - twenty-eighth
29th - twenty-ninth
30th - thirtieth
31st - thirty-first
WRITE THE DATE:05/ 04/ 1987
12/ 10/ 2005
11/ 01/ 1900
01/ 02/ 2018
21/ 12/ 1212
03 /09/ 1548
31/ 07/ 1966
30/ 08/ 2011
22/ 03/ 1800
02/ 07/ 1492
The origins of the names of the days of the week: |
|
DAY |
MEANING |
Sunday |
- The first day
of the week. |
Monday |
- The second day
of the week. |
Tuesday |
- The third day
of the week. |
Wednesday |
- The fourth day
of the week. |
Thursday |
- The fifth day
of the week. |
Friday |
- The sixth day
of the week. |
Saturday |
- The seventh day
of the week. |
PARTS OF THE DAY
in the
morning= por la mañana
at noon= al mediodía
in the afternoon= por la tarde (después de la comida)
in the evening = por la tarde (anocheciendo)
at night= por la noche