Italian 2.9. Times & Season

In this lesson, we cover times and seasons in Italian.

Days & Weeks

A day in Italian is “un giorno,” and a week is “una settimana.” The days of the week or “i giorni della settimana” are:

Monday	lunedìm	Friday	venerdìm
Tuesday	martedìm	Saturday	sabatom
Wednesday	mercoledìm	Sunday	domenicaf
Thursday	giovedìm	weekend	finem settimana

Today is “oggi,” and tomorrow is “domani,” followed by “dopodomani” (the day after tomorrow). Yesterday is “ieri,” preceded by “avantieri” (the day before yesterday).

Tonight is “stanotte” or “questa notte” (literally this night), last night is “ieri notte” or “la scorsa notte,” and tomorrow night is “domani notte” (literally tomorrow at night).

The main periods of the day are “la mattina” (morning), “il pomeriggio” (afternoon), and “la notte” (night). We generally use the preposition “di” to say “di mattina/ pomeriggio /notte” (in the morning/afternoon or at night).

Months & Years

A month in Italian is “un mese” and a year is “un anno.” A decade is “un decennio” or “una decade,” and a century is “un secolo.”

The months of the year or “i mesi dell’anno” are:

January	gennaiom	July	lugliom
February	febbraiom	August	agostom
March	marzom	September	settembrem
April	aprilem	October	ottobrem
May	maggiom	November	novembrem
June	giugnom	December	dicembrem

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

Seasons

Finally, a season in Italian is “una stagione.” The seasons of the year or “le stagioni dell’anno” are:

autumn, fall	autunnom	summer	estatef
spring	primaveraf	winter	invernom

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