The 12 Months and Week in English and List of Marathi Months

The 12 Months

The Gregorian calendar consists of the following 12 months:

January - 31 days

February - 28 days in a common year and 29 days in leap years

March - 31 days

April - 30 days

May - 31 days

June - 30 days

July - 31 days

August - 31 days

September - 30 days

October - 31 days

November - 30 days

December - 31 days

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7 Days of the Week

Everybody knows that there are 7 "days of the week".

But do you know that there are only 5 "weekdays"?

And of course the "weekend" has 2 days.

The days of the week come from the Names of mythical figures, so the first letter of each day must be a CAPITAL letter.

Days of the Week:

Monday       = associated with the Moon

Tuesday      = from the god Tiw, associated with Mars

Wednesday = from Germanic god Odin

Thursday     = from Germanic god of thunder Thor

Friday          = from Germanic goddess Frigga associated with Venus

Saturday     = associated with Saturn

Sunday       = associated with the Sun

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List of Months-

1)चैत्र -Chaitra- April to May

Chaitra begin with new moon. First month of year it celebrate with Gudi Padwa,its moth of springs and holi. This is first month of hindu calendar.

2)वैशाख-Vaishakh- May to June

Vaishakh is season of crop harvesting. Second month of hindu calendar.

3)ज्येष्ठ- Jyeshta – June to July

Maharashtra celebrate vat purnima in this month. Third month of hindu calendar.

4)आषाठ/ आकाड- Ashad/akad- July to August

Gurupurnima and ashadi ekadashi celebrate in this month. Fourth month of hindu calendar.

5)श्रावण-Shravan – August to September

Celebrating Nag Panchami and Narali purnima in this month. Fifth month of hindu calendar.

6)भाद्रपद-Bhadrapad- September to October

This is festive of Ganesh chaturthi which celebrate in  Maharashtra. Sixth month of hindu calendar.

7)आश्विन- Ashwin -October to November

Navratri, Durga puja, Kojagiri, Dasra, Diwali these all festival celebrate in ashwin month. Seventh month of hindu calendar.

8)कार्त्तिक -Kartik- November to December

Bhaubeej celerate in kartik month. Eighth month of hindu calendar.

9)मार्गशीर्ष – Margashirshya – Dec to January

Margashirsh Lakshmi puja means worship of goddess lakshmi in this month. Ninth month of hindu calendar.

10)पौष/पुस – Paush/pus – Jan to February

Paush amavasya celebrate in this month. Tenth month of hindu calendar.

11)माघ – Maagh- February to March

Mahashivratri celebrate in this month. Where people worship lord Mahadev. And celebrating  Makar sankranti. Eleventh month of hindu calendar.

12)फाल्गुन – falgun – March to April

This is last month in hindu calendar. Celebrate holi in this month. Twelve  month of hindu calendar. 

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Days of the week

Here are the seven days of the week with the pronunciation:

⦿ Monday – /’mun.dei/

⦿ Tuesday – /’tiu:z.dei/

⦿ Wednesday – /’wenz.dei/

⦿ Thursday – /’thurz.dei/

⦿ Friday – /’frai.dei/

⦿ Saturday – /’sa.ta.dei/

⦿ Sunday – /’sun.dei/

The accent in the pronunciation is always on the first syllable, The two most difficult days to pronounce are Tuesday and Thursday, so take extra time to practice those.

As you can see, we always use a capital letter for the first letter of each day. Here are some examples:

– I work from Monday to Friday. I’m free on Saturday and Sunday.

– Our next lesson is on Wednesday.

– Saturday is his favorite day of the week because he plays football.

– The meeting is on Thursday at 10:30.

– We’ve got an appointment on Tuesday morning.

As you can see, we often use ‘on’ before the days of the week.

Months

Here are the twelve months of the year with the pronunciation:

⦿ January – /’gian.iu.e.ri/

⦿ February – /’fe.bru.e.ri/

⦿ March – /’ma:tc/

⦿ April – /’ei.pril/

⦿ May – /’mei/

⦿ June – /’giun/

⦿ July – /giu’lai/

⦿ August – /’o:.gust/

⦿ September – /sep’tem.ba/

⦿ October – /ok’tou.ba/

⦿ November – /nou’vem.ba/

⦿ December – /di’sem.ba/

We also always use a capital letter for the first letter of months. For example:

– February is the shortest month of the year, with only 28 days.

– They’re going away on holiday in May.

– The weather is very hot here in July.

– It’s very cold in December.

– Halloween is in October.

As you can see, with the months we use ‘in’.

Dates

When we say the date in English we normally use ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc) instead of cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc). Let’s look at these ordinal numbers:

• 1st – first

• 2nd – second

• 3rd – third

• 4th – fourth

• 5th – fifth

• 6th – sixth

• 7th – seventh

• 8th – eighth

• 9th – ninth

• 10th – tenth

The numbers from 11-19 follow the same pattern of adding -th to the number:

• 11th – eleventh

• 12th – twelfth (the letter v changes to f)

• 13th – thirteenth

• 14th – fourteenth

• 15th – fifteenth

• 16th – sixteenth

• 17th – seventeenth

• 18th – eighteenth

• 19th – nineteenth

The numbers ending in -ty, like 20 and 30, change the -y to -i and add -eth. For example:

• 20 – twentieth

• 30 – thirtieth

• 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

In British English, the date usually begins with the day followed by the month, while in American English the month is normally first. This is also true when we abbreviate a date into three numbers. For example, 1st December 2017 becomes:

• 1/12/2017 in British English

• 12/1/2017 in American English.

As with days, we use ‘on’ with dates. Here are some examples:

– Paolo’s birthday is on June 3rd. (pronounced ‘on June the third’)

– New Year’s Day is on 1st January. (pronounced ‘on the first of January’)

– We’re flying back home on Tuesday, April 10th. (pronounced ‘on Tuesday, April the tenth’)

– They’re having a party on 16th November. (pronounced on the sixteenth of November.)

– Our Wedding Anniversary is on August 11th. (pronounced ‘on August the eleventh’.)

Years

In English, most years are separated into two numbers. For example:

• 1750 – seventeen fifty

• 1826 – eighteen twenty-six

• 1984 – nineteen eighty-four

• 2017 – twenty seventeen

The first year of each century is pronounced like this:

• 1400 – fourteen hundred

• 1700 – seventeen hundred

• 2000 – two thousand

The first nine years of a century are pronounced like this:

• 1401 – fourteen oh one

• 1701 – seventeen oh one

• 2001 – two thousand and one

We can refer to a decade (a period of ten years) in this way:

• 1960-1969 – The ‘60s – pronounced ‘the sixties’

• 1980-1989 – The ‘80s – pronounced ‘the eighties’.

• 2000 – 2009 – The 2000s – pronounced ‘the two thousands’

For example:

– The Beatles were famous in the sixties.

– My parents got married in the seventies.

– Maradona played for Napoli in the eighties.

– Where were you living in the nineties?

– The internet became popular worldwide in the two thousands.

As you can see, we use ‘in’ with the years.

Here are some examples:

– In my country, the schools start the academic year in September.

– Is he starting the new job on Monday? 

– The company was founded in 1991.

– The Wedding is on July 25th. 

– There was an economic boom in the 50’s.

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