Spanish 2.10. Times & Seasons

Level I 1. Alphabet & Pronunciation 1.1. Syllable Stress 2. Similarities to English 2.1. Plural 2.2. Negation 2.3. Punctuation & Written Accents 3. Cardinal Numbers 4. Subject Personal Pronouns 5. Present Indicative Tense I 6. The Articles 7. Prepositions 8. Interrogative Pronouns & Adjectives 9. Basic Phrases Level II 1. Gender of Nouns & Adjectives 2. Present Indicative Tense II – Irregular Verbs 3. The Verb “To Be”: “Ser” vs. “Estar” 4. Future Tense 5. Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns 6. Demonstrative Adjectives & Pronouns 7. Object Personal Pronouns 7.1. Combining Direct & Indirect Object Personal Pronouns 8. Relative Pronouns 9. Ordinal Numbers I 10. Times & Seasons Level III 1. Verbs Like “Gustar” 2. “Por” vs. “Para” 3. The Verb “To Know”: “Saber” vs. “Conocer” 4. Indefinite Adjectives & Pronouns 5. Present Progressive Tense 6. Present Perfect Tense 7. Special Uses of “Haber” & “Tener” 8. Telling Time & Describing Weather 9. Adverbs 9.1. The Adverbs “Tan,” “Solo,” “También,” “Tampoco,” “Vez,” & “Veces” 9.2. Other Adverbs & Adverbial Phrases 10. Directions Level IV 1. Degrees of Comparison: Comparatives & Superlatives 2. Past Tense: Preterite vs. Imperfect 3. Conjunctions 4. Reflexive Pronouns & Verbs 5. The Verb “Soler” 6. Time Expressions: Todavía, Aún, Ya, Hace, Acabar, & Desde 7. Present Subjunctive Tense I 8. Personal “a” 9. Future Perfect Tense Level V 1. Irregular Verbs in The Preterite 2. Imperative Mood & Giving Commands 3. Expressions of Pain & Illness 4. Simple Conditional Tense 5. Present Subjunctive Tense II 6. Perfect Subjunctive Tense 7. Imperfect Subjunctive Tense 8. Past & Conditional Progressive Tenses 9. Interjections Level VI 1. Ordinal Numbers II 2. “Would/Should/Could Have …” 3. Pluperfect Indicative Tense 4. Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense 5. Use of “Aunque,” “Si Bien,” and “A Pesar de” 6. Verbs of Change 7. Reflexive Passive, Impersonal, & Accidental “Se” 8. Diminutives & Augmentatives 9. Use of “Vos” in Some Spanish-Speaking Countries 10. Uses of “Ojalá” in Spanish
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In this lesson, we study times and seasons in Spanish.

Days & Weeks

A day in Spanish is “un día,” and a week is “una semana.” The days of the week or “los días de la semana” are:

MondaylunesFridayviernes
TuesdaymartesSaturdaysábado
WednesdaymiércolesSundaydomingo
Thursdayjuevesweekendfinm de semana

Today is “hoy,” and tomorrow is “mañana,” followed by “pasado mañana(the day after tomorrow). Yesterday is “ayer,” preceded by “anteayer(the day before yesterday).

Tonight is “esta noche” (literally this night), last night is “anoche,” and tomorrow night is “mañana por la noche” (literally tomorrow at night).

The main periods of the day are “la mañana(morning), “la tarde(afternoon), and “la noche(night). We generally use the preposition “por” to say “por la mañana/tarde/noche(in the morning/afternoon or at night), although in Latin America the use of “en” is also common, and in some regions “a” is used instead.

Meaning of “Mañana

Notice also that “mañana” can mean tomorrow or morning.

For example, “tomorrow morning” is “mañana por la mañana,” where the first “mañana” means “tomorrow, and “por la mañana” means “in the morning.

Months & Years

A month in Spanish is “un mes” and a year is “un año.” A decade is “una década,” and a century is “un siglo.”

The months of the year or “los meses del año” are:

JanuaryeneroJulyjulio
FebruaryfebreroAugustagosto
MarchmarzoSeptemberseptiembre
AprilabrilOctoberoctubre
MaymayoNovembernoviembre
JunejunioDecemberdiciembre

Notice from the two tables above that we do not capitalize the days and months in Spanish, and they are all masculine.

Seasons

Finally, a season in Spanish is “una estación.” The seasons of the year or “las estaciones del año” are:

autumn, fallotoñomsummerveranom
springprimaverafwinterinviernom

Notice that only “la primavera” is feminine, while the other three seasons are masculine.

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