The name of the days of the week in American. Days of the week in English: abbreviated and full options

Know the days of the week English language you must from school. But they are so painfully remembered that they become global problem even for people who speak excellent English.

We will provide you wonderful ways to remember the days of the week and translate them into English through associations and songs. But first, let's get to know them personally!

In the image above you can see the names days of the week in English, their translation, transcription and pronunciation in Russian.

But the most important thing is the cuts. It is the abbreviations that are most often used in the correspondence of Americans, which incredibly confuse Russians. Therefore, when you learn the days of the week in English, learn them along with abbreviations to show your level of education in the field of this language, as well as your modernity of views.

How to remember the days of the week in English?

Method 1: Learn a children's song!

This is one of the most famous songs among not only Russians who are trying to learn English, but also among Americans. YES! Unbelievable but true. It is this song that children in English schools sing to learn the days of the week, as well as their order.

So, having learned and sung a song about the days of the week in English, you will become even closer not only to the language, but also to its speakers, plunge into the environment of their learning methods and gain valuable knowledge.

As you sing the song, try to create a series of associations. Scientists argue that associations are in the best possible way memorization.

Method 2: Take advantage of our associations!

Agree that the associations are quite vivid. We even did a little experiment among our students.

Some of the students learned the days of the week using the “memorization” method, and some in the manner described above. So, the days of the week in English are the simplest simplicity if you learn them with us!

It is the way of associations that helps to remember words faster. Forget cramming, be as innovative as we are online school AirySchool!

Our tutors got rid of the stereotyped teaching methods of the USSR a long time ago. We are able to find a creative approach to the study of any topic of the English language. After all, who, if not us, will show imagination for the benefit of the development of the field of education? It's a joke, of course, because we are not alone on this path. We are only trying to help visitors to our site get acquainted with the innovations of studying not only the topics of the days of the week in English, but also tenses, articles, idioms and other features of the language.

Sunday - Sunday. The name of this day of the week comes from latin expression dies solis - sunny day (the name of a pagan Roman holiday). He was also called Latin name Dominica - God's day. Romance languages(Spanish, French, Italian), which originated from Old Latin, retained this root (dom-) in the name of a given day of the week.

Monday - Monday. The name of this day of the week in English comes from the Anglo-Saxon word monandaeg - "lunar day". The second day of the week was dedicated to the goddess of the moon.

Tuesday - Tuesday. This day of the week in English was named after the Norse god Tyr. The Romans named this day after Mars, the god of war.

Wednesday - Wednesday. The origin of the name of this day of the week refers to the Roman Empire, original name- dies Mercurii in honor of the god Mercury (Mercury).

Thursday - Thursday. The next day of the week is Thursday, and it is named after the Norse god Thor. In Norwegian, this day of the week is called Torsdag. The Romans called this day of the week - dies Jovis - the "Day of Jupiter", the most important god in their mythology.

Friday - Friday. The penultimate day of the week in English is Friday. This day of the week was named after the Norwegian queen Frigg. The Romans dedicated this name to the goddess Venus.

Saturday - Saturday. The name of this day of the week glorified the god of ancient Roman mythology, Saturn.

Modern English has seven days of the week. The days of the week in English are always capitalized, regardless of their position in the sentence. It is worth noting that in England, the USA, Canada and many other countries, the days of the week begin on Sunday.

Good day to all! As well as without greeting phrases, words of politeness, numbers and time of day, one cannot do without the names of the days of the week. We work from Monday to Friday, and rest on Saturday and Sunday, regularly look at the calendar, plan a vacation, etc. Every day we mention one or several days of the week in our conversations, so in this audio lesson of spoken English for beginners we will learn exactly these words.

As you know, there are seven days in a week, but in some countries, in particular in Israel, Canada and the USA, the first day of the week is not Monday, but Sunday. At the same time, the working week traditionally begins on Monday, as in all other countries. In this online audio lesson, you will learn not only how the days of the week are called in English, but also examples of phrases in English that use one or another day of the week.

The days of the week in English got their name from the ancient Roman and Old Norse gods. In addition, in the name of each of them there is the word "day" - day. Make sure of this by listening to the online audio recording of the lesson right now with the translation of all phrases and words into Russian /wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RUEN009.mp3 Thanks to this lesson, you will not only learn the days of the week in English, but also repeat The topic of the lesson before last was English numerals. Try to repeat the phrases after the native speaker, the original pronunciation.

Days of the week in English

After listening to and remembering the lesson in audio format, you can begin to study its textual material. Table with text designation of all phrases and words will clearly demonstrate how to write expressions correctly, and how it can be translated into Russian. Since you learned ordinal numbers in the audio lesson before last, today you will need to learn a lot less new words.

Days of the week
English	Russian
Monday	Monday
Tuesday	Tuesday
Wednesday	Wednesday
Thursday	Thursday
Friday	Friday
Saturday	Saturday
Sunday	Sunday
the week	a week
Monday to Sunday	Monday to Sunday
The first day is Monday	The first day is Monday
The second day is Tuesday	The second day is Tuesday
The third day is Wednesday	Third day is Wednesday
The fourth day is Thursday	The fourth day is Thursday
The fifth day is Friday	Day five is Friday
The sixth day is Saturday	The sixth day is Saturday
The seventh day is Sunday	The seventh day is Sunday
The week has seven days	A week consists of seven days
We only work for five days	We only work five days

Knowing these few simple phrases in English is necessary and sufficient for you to be able to carry on a conversation on everyday topics with an English-speaking interlocutor.

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What is your favorite day of the week? And which one don't you like? Write your answer in the comments and in English! Good luck!

To study well foreign language and speak it correctly, you need to familiarize yourself with some rules for the pronunciation and use of words. Let's start with the simplest - with the names of the days of the week.

It would seem that there is something special, these are absolutely ordinary and familiar words? But this is only at first glance. Even the most common and common words can hide interesting historical and linguistic mysteries.

Transcription and translation

The table shows that the pronunciation of the names varies slightly. All names of the days of the week end in , which is usually pronounced as . But in fast speech, the ending is diphthong. is reduced and sounds like [i]. In principle, both options are correct.

If, however, we replace the traditional transcription from Latin characters with Russian ones, the impression will be created that English words can be pronounced almost in Russian. It is easier to speak this way, and the student will naturally learn to speak English "with a Nizhny Novgorod accent." And this pronunciation will remain with the student for a long time. If not forever.

It’s easier to get the correct pronunciation right away than to relearn it later.

It should not be forgotten that good pronunciation and grammatically correct speech immediately form respectful attitude to the interlocutor.

And there is no need to hide behind considerations that others speak the same way or worse, or that foreigners will understand anyway. No one is obliged to parse your illiterate speech.

Perhaps you will be understood. But they may not understand, you never know what you mean. After all, not only grammatical, but also phonetic, and especially phonemic errors can absolutely distort the statement.

Once the word "ears", used instead of the word "eyes" - a typical mistake of Russian-speaking students - led to an almost diplomatic scandal. No matter how much the diplomats apologized, saying that it was just a reservation, the lady - the head of the delegation remained offended.

Agree that listening to an interlocutor who shamelessly distorts your native speech is difficult, unpleasant and incomprehensible. So respect your foreign interlocutor, speak correctly and clearly.

If you want foreigners to understand you correctly, speak correctly yourself.

Why are the days of the week capitalized?

Unlike Russian, some nouns in English are capitalized. For example, days of the week, months, etc. Where did this writing come from? Modern English does not answer the question, so you have to plunge into history.

The British are world-renowned conservatives. This conservatism is observed in everything, and in the language too. Or - especially in the language. The rules by which many words are written and pronounced have long sunk into oblivion, but they are also written and pronounced in exactly the same way as centuries ago. Although native speakers themselves cannot always explain why this happens in this way.

A bit of history: the origin of the names

It is believed that the name of the days comes from the names of the ancient Roman and Old Norse gods. Therefore, they are written with a capital letter - names, after all. These names sound about the same in German. And they mean almost the same thing. So, given the similarity of the English and German languages ​​(mainly in their older part), we can conclude that the names of the days of the week have a similar origin from a single source.

Every day in ancient times was under the auspices of one of the planets solar system, or rather the deities that personify them. Let's look at the meaning of these names.

Sunday is the day of the Sun, Monday is the day of the Moon, Tuesday is the day of Mars (Thyr), Wednesday is the day of Mercury (Wotan, Odin), Thursday is the day of Jupiter (Thor), Friday is the day of Venus (Freya), Saturday is the day of Saturn.

Sunday [‘sʌndeɪ] is a day of solar, bright energy. This day was considered successful for any undertaking. And for holidays too.

Monday [‘mʌndeɪ]- the day dedicated to the Moon is opposite to the day of the Sun. In Old English it was 'Mōnandæg', later shortened to Monday.

Wednesday [‘wenzdeɪ]

Wednesday [‘wenzdeɪ]- this day, with an inconvenient pronunciation for non-English speakers, is dedicated to Wotan or, in another pronunciation, to Odin, one of supreme deities Scandinavian mythology. Hence the name.

In Roman mythology, it corresponds to Mercury. A day dedicated to such an outstanding deity is considered strong and successful.

IN German everything is simpler, Wednesday is called that - the middle of the week, as in Russian.

Thursday [‘θɜːzdeɪ]- difficult to write and remember, students usually confuse it with Tuesday. This is a day dedicated to the thunder god Thor or Jupiter in the ancient Roman interpretation. One of the luckiest days of the week

Friday [‘fraɪdeɪ] is the day of Freya, Odin's wife. Freya (analogous to the Roman Venus) - the patroness of love, family happiness and women's household chores.

Saturday [‘sætədeɪ] is the day of Saturn. It was gloomy enough ancient god. And the day was not considered particularly successful.

Why does the week start on Sunday?

There is one interesting nuance in English that students do not always notice. The week does not start on Monday, but on Sunday. Why is that? There are many versions of where the countdown of the week from Sunday came from.

Perhaps Monday, the day of the moon, was considered inappropriate for starting new business. From an astrological point of view (and astrology played a very significant role in ancient times), the energy of the moon is passive and slow. These energies are in no way conducive to work.

There is even an expression in English - « Monday feeling. This feeling of reluctance to start a new working week after sunday. And in Russian, the expression is known - "Monday is a hard day."

Proverbs and sayings related to the days of the week

Since the days of the week were originally associated with certain deities, they had certain qualities. Some of the ancient qualities are preserved in the language. Others have changed their meaning.

So, for example, Friday was not considered a particularly successful day before. There are also old saying:

Friday for losses.
That is, losses are possible on this day. And it’s better not to start any important things and work less.

For a modern person, Friday is the end of the week, practically the beginning of the weekend.

There is a modern saying:

"Thursday comes, and the week is gone."
Thursday is here and the week is almost over. Friday and the weekend ahead.

"Thursday's child has far to go."
According to the proverb, a child born on Thursday will go far and achieve great things.

Prepositions with days of the week

It must be said right away that only the preposition “on” is used with the word “day”. That's why:

• On birthday - on the birthday;
• on Friday - on Friday;
• on Wednesdays - on Wednesdays;
• next Monday - next Monday;
• this Sunday - this Sunday;
• last Sunday - last Sunday;
• by (for) Wednesday - to Wednesday.
• at weekends - at the weekend.

Each day of the week has its own name, purpose, which is reflected in the language. Learning a language and its history is interesting, informative and useful.

In conclusion, we suggest watching a short video for children to consolidate the days of the week.

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The days of the week in English, there are only seven of them, they got their name from the names of the planets adopted in classical astronomy. The planets, in turn, were named after gods. At first it was believed that Sunday was the first day of the week, but now international standards The first day of the week is Monday. This article contains not just the names of the days of the week, but also poems, poems and songs, with the help of which the memorization of the names of the days of the week and their order becomes much easier.

Days of the week in pictures

Song about the days of the week in English

A wonderful rap song, it is simply impossible not to learn the names of these days!

Writing, transcription, the meaning of the days of the week.

Monday[ˈmʌndı] - Monday, first day of the week the first day of the week), day of the moon (The Moon). The ancients believed that there were three "unlucky" Mondays in the year: the first Monday in April, the second Monday in August, and the last Monday in December.

Tuesday[ˈtjuːzdı] - Tuesday, the second day of the week (the second day of the week), the name comes from the old English Tiw’s day, Tiu is a Scandinavian one-armed god associated with the planet Mars

Wednesday[ˈwenzdı] - Wednesday, the third day of the week, from Old English Woden's day. Wooden or Odin is a Germanic and Old Norse god associated with many areas of life: knowledge, poetry, healing and others. Planet Mercury.

Thursday[ˈθɜːzdı] - Thursday, the fourth day of the week (the forth day of the week), the name comes from Thor's day - Thor is the Scandinavian god of thunder. Jupiter day.

Friday[ˈfraıdı] - Friday, the fifth day of the week, the day of Venus, the goddess of love, formerly called Frigg's/ Frica's day. Currently, this day is associated with the planet Venus.

Saturday[ˈsætədı] - Saturday, the sixth day of the week, the only day that has retained its ancient Roman name from the god and planet Saturn.

Sunday[ˈsʌndı] - Sunday, The seventh day of the week, named after The Sun, was traditionally a day of rest and worship, considered a happy day for the birth of children.

Poems about the days of the week in English

"Monday Baby" - Popular nursery rhyme- fortune-telling, which refers to the future of the child, depending on his birthday. Helps children remember the seven days of the week. All days in this poem speak of a good future for children, except for one - Wednesday.

Monday's baby is good from the face
Tuesday's child is full of grace
Wednesday's child is full of grief
Thursday's baby will go far
Friday's child works hard all his life
The Sabbath child loves and bestows,
But the child that is born on Sunday is both just and wise and good in every way.

Another rhyme is a memory about the days of the week in English with a translation:

Wash on Monday
Stroke on Tuesday
Fix on Wednesday
Beat the butter on Thursday
Pick up Friday
Bake on Saturday
Rest on Sunday.

And another funny old poem about the days of the week I WENT TO TOWN (I went to the city somehow) with a gorgeous translation into Russian, made by a military pilot, journalist, writer, poet and physicist Viktor Petrov.

Sunday in church
I went to the priest.
City people seem to
Wanted the same too.

On Monday, here it is:
I went to buy a coat
Suddenly - camels! Here's the deal!
I bought myself a goat.

Tuesday. City. No money left.
Got myself a vest.
But why!? left plaques,
Two pockets and two buckles.

On Wednesday I went to the city
Behind the leg on the table.
There's a fire! You, mister, nevermind!
And the pig is dancing a jig.

Here on Thursday I am early in the morning
In town. Bread would be a loaf!
The city took the Green Serpent -
The baker is drunker than the baker!

Friday. thought up for the future
Eat pumpkin pie.
But I rub against the apple tree! ..
And I had to eat charlotte.

I won't hesitate to tell:
Somehow I went on a Saturday
Not to the cinema, not to work,
I went to choose my wife...
I squint here and there.
ABOUT! Beautiful madam!
I turned around - my God!
I rushed headlong home.