Thursday, December 19, 2024

DATES

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.
- Derived from the Latin dies solis, "sun's day," a pagan Roman holiday.

Monday

- The second day of the week.
- Derived from the Anglo-Saxon Monandaeg, which means "the moon's day." Latin: dies lunae, "day of the moon."

Tuesday

- The third day of the week.
- Named after the Norse god of war, Tiu, or Tyr, the son of Odin. The name of the day corresponds to the Latin dies Martis, "Day of Mars".

Wednesday

- The fourth day of the week.
- Named to honour Odin, or Woden, chief god in Norse mythology. It corresponds to the Latin dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury."

Thursday

- The fifth day of the week.
- Named after Thor, Norse god of thunder. Thor's day corresponds to the Latin dies Iovis, "day of Jupiter".

Friday

- The sixth day of the week.
- Named after the Norse goddess of love, Frigg, or Frija. A variation on the Old High German frìatag, "day of Frija." It corresponds to the Latin dies Veneris, "Day of Venus."

Saturday

- The seventh day of the week.
- Named in honour of the Roman god Saturn. Latin: Saturni. The name is associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians.

PARTS OF THE DAY

 Different Times Of The Day | Parts Of The Day In English - 7 E S L

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


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