{"id":9234,"date":"2023-03-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:32:10","slug":"days-of-the-week-months-and-seasons-in-romanian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/days-of-the-week-months-and-seasons-in-romanian\/","title":{"rendered":"Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons in Romanian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0315_daysMonthsSeasonsRomanianBlog-copy-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons in Romanian\" class=\"wp-image-9394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0315_daysMonthsSeasonsRomanianBlog-copy-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0315_daysMonthsSeasonsRomanianBlog-copy-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0315_daysMonthsSeasonsRomanianBlog-copy-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0315_daysMonthsSeasonsRomanianBlog-copy.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re learning Romanian, one thing you&#8217;re going to want to learn early on are the days of the week, months, and seasons. After all, they&#8217;ll help you make plans with your Romanian-speaking friends! Keep reading to learn these, as well as a host of words referring to times of day so you can really narrow things down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Table of contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"#months\">Months in Romanian<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#days\">Days of the week in Romanian<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#seasons\">Seasons in Romanian<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#time\">Other Romanian time phrases<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"months\">Months in Romanian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All the Romanian months of the year as they are currently used are originally derived from Latin, having passed through Byzantine Greek and Old Church Slavonic to get to Romanian. They look pretty similar to English and French, don&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>English<\/th><th>Romanian<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>January<\/td><td>ianuarie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February<\/td><td>februarie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March<\/td><td>martie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April<\/td><td>aprilie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May<\/td><td>mai<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>June<\/td><td>iunie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>July<\/td><td>iulie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>August<\/td><td>august<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>September<\/td><td>septembrie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October<\/td><td>octombrie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November<\/td><td>noiembrie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December<\/td><td>decembrie<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that there are actually <em>two<\/em> different ways to say the months of the year in Romanian? Romanian also has traditional month names, some of which are still derived from Latin, but look very different. <a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/traditional-romanian-month-names-from-gerar-to-undrea\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/traditional-romanian-month-names-from-gerar-to-undrea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about these Romanian month names here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"days\">Days of the week in Romanian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What about days of the week? Well, if you know any French or Italian, you might notice the similarities! It&#8217;s not surprising, <a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/what-is-romanian\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/what-is-romanian\/\">considering that Romanian is most closely related to Italian<\/a>, being a Romance language itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>English<\/th><th>Romanian<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Monday<\/td><td>luni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tuesday<\/td><td>mar\u0163i<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wednesday<\/td><td>miercuri<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday<\/td><td>joi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Friday<\/td><td>vineri<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday<\/td><td>s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sunday<\/td><td>duminic\u0103<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like with the months, most of the Romanian days of the week are directly derived from Latin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>luni<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; from Latin&nbsp;<em>Lunae<\/em><\/li><li><em>mar\u0163i<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; from Latin&nbsp;<em>Martis<\/em><\/li><li><em>miercuri<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; from Latin&nbsp;<em>Mercuri\u012b<\/em><\/li><li><em>joi<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; from Latin&nbsp;<em>Iovis\/Jovis<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>Jovis<\/em>&nbsp;is the more recent spelling.)<\/li><li><em>vineri<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; from Latin&nbsp;<em>Veneris<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The word for &#8216;Saturday&#8217;,&nbsp;<em>s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103<\/em>, actually originally comes from Hebrew. The Hebrew word \u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05ea\u200e (shab\u00e1t) means &#8216;Sabbath&#8217; or &#8216;Shabbat&#8217; and was passed into Ancient Greek as \u03c3\u03ac\u03b2\u03b2\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd (s\u00e1bbaton). The Romans took this term into Latin, where it became&nbsp;<em>sabbatum<\/em>, and then&nbsp;<em>*sambata<\/em>&nbsp;in Vulgar Latin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Romanian term could also have come from the possible Proto-Slavic word&nbsp;<em>*s\u01ebbota<\/em>, or may have at least been influenced by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Duminic\u0103<\/em>&nbsp;also comes from Latin, deriving from the Late Latin word&nbsp;<em>Dominica<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Dominica<\/em>&nbsp;is found in Late Latin as a Christian replacement for the pagan&nbsp;<em>di\u0113s S\u014dlis<\/em>, which means &#8216;day of the sun-god Sol&#8217; \u2013 or, &#8216;Sunday&#8217;. The Latin&nbsp;<em>di\u0113s Dominica<\/em>&nbsp;literally means &#8216;day of the Lord&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"seasons\">Seasons in Romanian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s learn the words for different seasons in Romanian. At time of writing, it&#8217;s almost spring in the UK, though it still very much feels like winter. Which word would you use for the season where you are?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Romanian<\/th><th>English<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>prim\u0103var\u0103<\/td><td>spring<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>var\u0103<\/td><td>summer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>toamn\u0103<\/td><td>autumn<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>iarn\u0103<\/td><td>winter<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the Romanian terms for seasons derive from Latin. Interestingly,&nbsp;<em>var\u0103<\/em>&nbsp;comes from the Latin word&nbsp;<em>v\u0113r<\/em>, which means &#8216;spring&#8217; \u2013 so what&#8217;s the difference between&nbsp;<em>var\u0103<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>prim\u0103var\u0103<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well,&nbsp;<em>prim\u0103<\/em>&nbsp;comes from&nbsp;<em>pr\u012bma<\/em>, which itself is a derivation of&nbsp;<em>pr\u012bmus<\/em>, meaning &#8216;first&#8217;. So,&nbsp;<em>prim\u0103var\u0103<\/em>&nbsp;literally means &#8216;first spring&#8217; and&nbsp;<em>var\u0103<\/em>&nbsp;means &#8216;spring&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term for &#8216;winter&#8217;,&nbsp;<em>iarn\u0103<\/em>, comes from the Latin&nbsp;<em>h\u012bbern\u0101<\/em>. This is an ellipsis of the phrase&nbsp;<em>h\u012bbernum tempus<\/em>, which literally means &#8216;wintry time&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"time\">Other Romanian time phrases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is some more vocabulary you might find useful if you want to talk about when things are happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>English<\/th><th>Romanian<\/th><th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>day<\/td><td>ziua<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>night<\/td><td>noaptea<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>week<\/td><td>s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2na<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>month<\/td><td>luna<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>year<\/td><td>anul<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>day before yesterday<\/td><td>alalt\u0103ieri<\/td><td>alalt\u0103 (&#8216;the other&#8217;) + ieri (&#8216;yesterday&#8217;)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>yesterday<\/td><td>ieri<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>today<\/td><td>azi<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>tomorrow<\/td><td>m\u00e2ine<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>day after tomorrow<\/td><td>poim\u00e2ine<\/td><td>poi (alternative form of&nbsp;<em>apoi<\/em>, meaning &#8216;then&#8217;, &#8216;afterwards&#8217;) + m\u00e2ine (&#8216;tomorrow&#8217;)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>morning<\/td><td>diminea\u0163a<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>afternoon<\/td><td>dup\u0103-amiaza<\/td><td>dup\u0103 (&#8216;after&#8217;) + amiaza (&#8216;noon&#8217;)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>evening<\/td><td>seara<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these terms are, again, derived from Latin, even though they might not look like it at first glance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn to tell the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/how-to-count-to-20-in-romanian\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/how-to-count-to-20-in-romanian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">you&#8217;ll of course have to learn your numbers in Romanian first<\/a>. Give it a try and see how well you do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you enjoy learning about how to say days of the week, months, and seasons in Romanian? Don&#8217;t forget to let us know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the Romanian words and phrases in this post can be found in the Calendar topic on our app.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/store\/romanian\" target=\"_blank\">Learn Romanian with uTalk<\/a>&nbsp;and you&#8217;ll learn a total of around 2,500 useful words and phrases that are helpful for any occasion. Play games, score points, and, most importantly, have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy language learning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re learning Romanian, one thing you&#8217;re going to want to learn early on are the days of the week, months, and seasons. After all, they&#8217;ll help you make plans with your Romanian-speaking friends! 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