Months
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January [‘ʤænju(ə)ri] February [‘febru(ə)ri] March [ma:ʧ] April [‘eipr(ə)l] May [mei] June [ʤu:n] |
July [ʤu’lai] August [‘o:gəst] September [sep’tembə] October [оk’təubə] November [nəu’vembə] December [di’sembə] |
Seasons
winter [ˈwɪntə]
spring [sprɪŋ]
summer [ˈsʌmə]
autumn [ˈɔːtəm]
Days of the week
Sunday [ˈsʌndeɪ]/[ˈsʌndi]
Monday [ˈmʌndeɪ]/[ˈmʌndi]
Tuesday [ˈtjuːzdeɪ]/[ˈtjuːzdi]
Wednesday [ˈwenzdeɪ]/[ˈwenzdi]
Thursday [ˈθɜːzdeɪ]/[ˈθɜːzdi]
Friday [ˈfraɪdeɪ]/[ˈfraɪdi]
Saturday [ˈsætədeɪ]/[ˈsætədi]
Origin
Sunday [ˈsʌndeɪ]/[ˈsʌndi], the day of the Sun.
Monday [ˈmʌndeɪ]/[ˈmʌndi], the day of the Moon.
Tuesday [ˈtjuːzdeɪ]/[ˈtjuːzdi], the day of Tiw, the Germanic God of war.
Wednesday [ˈwenzdeɪ]/[ˈwenzdi], the day of Odin (Woden), the principal Germanic god associated with wisdom, knowledge, victory and poetry.
Thursday [ˈθɜːzdeɪ]/[ˈθɜːzdi], the day of Thor, the Germanic god of thunder.
Friday [ˈfraɪdeɪ]/[ˈfraɪdi], the day of Fríge, the wife of the god Odin, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of wisdom.
Saturday [ˈsætədeɪ]/[ˈsætədi], the day of Saturn, the Roman god of wealth, agriculture and liberation.