EXTRAS: linguaspectrum.com It’s not easy remembering the days of the week, even if you are a native speaker. It’s like learning to tie your shoelaces. I remember struggling for a long while till I finally managed to tie my own shoelaces. What an achievement that was, and yet how easy it is now. I don’t remember learning the days of the week in English, because I must have been rather young. However, learn them I did. I’m sure you had some problems learning the days of the week in your own language. I mean, it’s not as if the days of the week coincide with anything on a particular day, is it? If the moon was always full on a Monday, it would make sense to call it Monday, wouldn’t it? Monday means Moon Day. Unfortunately, the full moon can occur on any day of the week. And if Tuesday was always sunny, we could call it Sunday. Unfortunately, Sunday is already spoken for. And Sunday is not always sunny, is it? And even if it is where you live, all the other days probably are as well, so that doesn’t work, does it? Tuesday is actually named after the old Norse god, Týr, known in Old English as Tiw. Hence Tuesday. Tiw was the god of war, equivalent to the roman Mars. This is why romance language use Mars for Tuesday, as in the Spanish martes. But we don’t normally bump into gods of war on Tuesdays, or any other day of the week for that matter. There’s nothing to relate the name Tuesday with the day, is there? And then there’s Wednesday. Not exactly pronounced as it is written …
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lacko8117 says:
February 21, 2012 at 12:57 pm (UTC 0)
I show the? days Hungarian
Hétf?=Monday
Kedd=Tuesday
Szerda=Wednesday
Csütörtök=Thursday
Péntek=Friday
Szombat=Saturday
Vasárnap=Sunday
marcelcuriel says:
February 21, 2012 at 1:18 pm (UTC 0)
In Spanish, the days of the week go this way…
Lunes = Monday
Tuesday = Martes
Miércoles = Wednesday
Jueves = Thursday
Viernes =Friday
Sábado = Saturday
Domingo = Sunday.
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EgorchevD says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:04 pm (UTC 0)
Ok, here is in Russian:
Sunday? – ???????????
Monday – ???????????
Tuesday – ???????
Wednesday – ?????
Thursday – ???????
Friday – ???????
Saturday – ???????
vitormellonetto says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm (UTC 0)
Hi Richard!
As you mentioned, in Portuguese the name for Wednesday means the fourth? day (“quarta-feira”). But did you know that it’s the same for the other working days?
Monday: segunda-feira (means “second day”);
Tuesday: terça-feira (third day);
Wednesday: quarta-feira, as above;
Thursday: quinta-feira (fifth day);
Friday: sexta-feira (guess!)
Saturday: sábado (from the Hebrew “Shabbat”)
Sunday: domingo (from the Latin “Dominicus Dies”, day of God)
Congratulations for the great video!
karumisabi2901 says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:54 pm (UTC 0)
@trinhquocmanh1990? Have you forgotten a song’s lyrics which is “Th? Hai là ngày ??u tu?n, bé h?a c? g?ng ch?m ngoan”.?
As I said, it depends on each one. Now primary pupils have 2 days off (Saturday ans Sunday) every week and they call them the weekend. But respect your perception, so Sunday is your first day of a week.
Cheers.
trinhquocmanh1990 says:
February 21, 2012 at 3:02 pm (UTC 0)
@karumisabi2901? I think Sunday is the first day of the week. If not why they call Mon day is the second day.
jelenalisenko says:
February 21, 2012 at 3:13 pm (UTC 0)
The days of Week in Latvia
Pirmdiena( first day)=Monday
Otrdiena( second day)=Tuesday
Triešdiena(third day)=Tuesday
Ceturdiena(fourth day)=Thursday
Piektdiena(fifth day)=Friday
Sestdiena(Sixth day)=Saturday
Sv?tdiena (holy day)-= Sunday
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elrudy199 says:
February 21, 2012 at 3:54 pm (UTC 0)
very good when you said Martes.it was clearly.I am from Perú?
elrudy199 says:
February 21, 2012 at 4:04 pm (UTC 0)
very? good when you said Martes.it was clearly.I am from Perú
MrCorwin says:
February 21, 2012 at 4:06 pm (UTC 0)
Italian Here!
Sunday = Domenica
esfie says:
February 21, 2012 at 4:36 pm (UTC 0)
Hi Richard, thanks for your video. I love it.
I was born in Indonesia on a Thursday, you said that I would have much success in my profession. Yes!!! Amin!!!
The days of the week in Indonesian:
Monday -? Senin
Tuesday – Selasa
Wednesday – Rabu
Thursday – Kamis
Friday – Jumat
Saturday – Sabtu
Sunday – Minggu
The words in Indonesian are totally different from the English words. I have no idea about the meaning and where they are from.
Sweetyfragolina says:
February 21, 2012 at 5:09 pm (UTC 0)
The days of the week in Italian:
Monday = Lunedì (it’s considered the first day of the week). It comes from Luna, that means Moon. So, pretty? similar to English, right?
Tuesday= Martedì. It comes from Mars, again the War god.
Wednesday= Mercoledì. It comes from Mercury (in Italian Mercurio) , Jupiter’s messenger.
Thursday= Giovedì. It comes from Jupiter (In Italian Giove)
Friday= Venerdì. It comes from Venus (In Italian Venere)
Saturday= Sabato.
Sunday= Domenica. (It’s the holiday day)
Sweetyfragolina says:
February 21, 2012 at 5:12 pm (UTC 0)
The days of the week in Italian:
Monday = Lunedì (it’s considered the first day of the? week). It comes from Luna, that means Moon. So, pretty similar to English, right?
Tuesday= Martedì. It comes from Mars, again the War god.
Wednesday= Mercoledì. It comes from Mercury (in Italian Mercurio) , Jupiter’s messenger.
Thursday= Giovedì. It comes from Jupiter (In Italian Giove)
Friday= Venerdì. It comes from Venus (In Italian Venere)
Saturday= Sabato.
Sunday= Domenica. (It’s the holiday day)
karumisabi2901 says:
February 21, 2012 at 5:18 pm (UTC 0)
We don’t work or study on Sunday (Ch? nh?t) because it’s Jesus’ day. We don’t have a day called “the? first day”, we begin our week with “the second day”. But we don’t call Sunday “the first day” either. We consider it the last day of a week.
It’s really confusing, isn’t it? Some calendars place Sundays at first column, others place them at the last column. Always in red.
karumisabi2901 says:
February 21, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC 0)
First of all, what a great video, I can see you gave it an enormous attempt. Thanks a lot.
I was born on Tuesday, and my friends consider me graceful. So what? you say is true, isn’t it?
In Vietnam, Sunday is either the first day or the last day of a week.
Monday – The second day (th? Hai)
Tuesday – The third day (th? Ba)
Wednesday – The fourth day (th? T?)
Thursday – The fifth day (th? N?m)
Friday – The sixth day (th? Sáu)
Saturday – The seventh day (th? B?y)
karumisabi2901 says:
February 21, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC 0)
First of all, what a great video, I can see you? gave it an enormous attempt. Thanks a lot.
I was born on Tuesday, and my friends consider me graceful. So what you say is true, isn’t it?
In Vietnam, Sunday is either the first day or the last day of a week.
Monday – The second day (th? Hai)
Tuesday – The third day (th? Ba)
Wednesday – The fourth day (th? T?)
Thursday – The fifth day (th? N?m)
Friday – The sixth day (th? Sáu)
Saturday – The seventh day (th? B?y)
karumisabi2901 says:
February 21, 2012 at 7:24 pm (UTC 0)
@naganokumas lovely
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naganokumas says:
February 21, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC 0)
Regarding the Japanese naming of planets, I can`t remember them all off hand. So I went to Wikipedia and couldn`t find exactly what I? wanted to find expeditiously.
As a suffix `-sei` means `planet`.
Japanese planets are called:
Kasei (Fire planet) – Mars.
Mokusei (Tree planet) – Jupiter (or maybe Saturn).
Etc. etc.
Forgive me for not being complete.
naganokumas says:
February 21, 2012 at 8:24 pm (UTC 0)
The days of the week in Japanese:
Sunday – Nichiyoubi (Sun day).
Monday – Getsuyoubi (Moon day).
Tuesday – Kayoubi (Fire day).
Wednesday – Suiyoubi (Water day).
Thursday – Mokuyoubi (Tree day).
Friday – Kinyoubi (Money/gold day).
Saturday – Doyoubi (Earth/soil? day).
naganokumas says:
February 21, 2012 at 8:33 pm (UTC 0)
In Japan the naming of the days of the week and the planets is similar.
There are similarities with our namings, too. `-youbi` means `-day`.
Getsu (moon/month. etc.) – youbi. Monday? in Japanese is getsuyoubi.
Nichi talks about the sun and daytime stuff. Sunday in Japanese is nichiyoubi.
But in Japan they also talk about trees, and water, and other stuff, too.