The Days of the Week (los días de la semana)
Learn Spanish: The Spanish Calendar
This learn Spanish grammar lesson is on the Spanish calendar. In Spanish-speaking countries, the week begins on Monday.
| el lunes |
Monday |
| el martes |
Tuesday |
| el miércoles |
Wednesday |
| el jueves |
Thursday |
| el viernes |
Friday |
| el sábado |
Saturday |
| el domingo |
Sunday |
Notes:
The days of the week are not capitalized.
The days of the week are all masculine.
If a day of the week already ends in –s, then you do not change the form in the plural. Only the article changes from "el" to "los."
| los sábados |
Saturdays |
| los domingos |
Sundays |
| los lunes |
Monday |
If you include "el" with the days of the week, it takes on the meaning "on."
| No juego al tenis el lunes. |
I don't play tennis on Monday. |
| El juego es el jueves |
The game is on Thursday. |
| No cantas los martes. |
You don't sing on Tuesdays. |
| Tengo clases los miércoles. |
I have classes on Wednesdays. |
| Hay una examen el viernes. |
There is an exam on Friday. |
The Months of the Year (los meses del año)
Just like the days of the week, in Spanish months are masculine and are not capitalized.
| enero |
January |
| febrero |
February |
| marzo |
March |
| abril |
April |
| mayo |
May |
| junio |
June |
| julio |
July |
| agosto |
August |
| septiembre |
September |
| octubre |
October |
| noviembre |
November |
| diciembre |
December |
Use the preposition en to state something in a month.
| Mi cumpleaños es en febrero. |
My birthday is in February. |
| Ella perdío cinco libras en el mes de abril. |
She lost five pounds in April. |
The Four Seasons of the Year (los cuatros estaciones del año)
| la primavera |
spring |
| el verano |
summer |
| el otoño |
autumn/fall |
| el invierno |
winter |
Note:
Articles are generally used with the seasons.
| En Michigan, llueve mucho en la primavera. |
In Michigan, it rains a lot in the spring season. |
| Prefiero estar en México cuando es el vierno. |
I prefer to be in Mexico when it's winter. |
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