Remember names of months in English language for Russian speakers it is usually not difficult, since English months are consonant with Russian equivalents.
But still, sometimes English language learners doubt how to correctly pronounce January or August in English, what preposition to put in front of the months, and how to correctly write the English months in abbreviation.
We are nearer to Spring, than we were in September,
I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.We are closer to spring now than we were in September,
I heard a bird sing in cold December.~ Oliver Hereford "I Heard a Bird Sing"
Set expressions with months in English
In English, stable phrases that have a figurative meaning are very common.
In many English idioms there are month names. We will introduce you to the most interesting of them.
| Idiom in English | Russian translation | Meaning |
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| slow as molasses in January | slow as molasses in January | So slow |
| mad as a March hare | mad as a March hare | crazy |
| Maybees don't fly in June! | May bees do not fly in June. | Stop changing your mind! |
| a cold day in July | cold day in July | not soon and unlikely |
| February fair-maid | February filling the ditches | rainy period |
| February fair-maid | February sardine | snowdrop |
| April fish | April fish | April Fool's joke |
| April weather | April weather | now rain, now sun / now laughter. then tears |
| May and December/January | May and December (January) | big difference/unequal marriage |
Knowing English idioms for months will help you improve your speech and feel a little like a native speaker.
Instead of a conclusion:
Months in English are not so scary if you know the history of their origin and the basic rules for using months in a sentence.
A little conversational practice and reading in the original will help you quickly master months of English. And if you don’t know how to read yet, we recommend that you read the article We wish you success!
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These educational materials will help your child quickly learn and remember the names of the seasons and months. Download and print the calendar picture; you will need to hang it in a visible place so that the child often sees the calendar with his eyes during the day. He will involuntarily scroll through his memory the names of the seasons, winter, spring, summer and autumn months.
Naturally, before this it is necessary to familiarize the child with these seasons. Start your story with winter. Be sure to tell the signs of what is happening in nature at this time of year, what the weather is like, so that the child can feel and vividly imagine the full picture of the season.
in winter the day is short. The sun is low and warms weakly. Snow falls. Cold. People wear winter clothes. In winter we celebrate everyone's favorite holiday - New Year.
in spring the day is getting longer. The sun is warming better. It is getting warmer. Snow is melting. Streams are flowing. Leaves appear on the trees. Grass begins to grow. Flowers are blooming. Migratory birds arrive. People wear demi-season clothes. The most famous spring holidays are March 8 and May Day.
In summer the sun is high, shining brightly, warming well. Costs hot weather. Flowers bloom and berries appear. people wear summer clothes. You can swim in natural reservoirs and sunbathe.
in autumn the day is getting shorter. The sun is lower. It's getting colder. The harvest of vegetables and fruits is ripe. Leaves are falling from the trees. Migratory birds fly south. It rains often. People wear warm clothes. The most famous autumn holiday- day of knowledge.
And winter is coming again...
Do not forget to discuss the very concept of “seasons”, what a year is. Children often confuse “season”, “time of day”, “week”, “month” and simply “time”, immediately distinguish between these concepts. Riddles will help with this:
There is a tree in the royal garden. On one side the flowers bloom, on the other the leaves fall, on the third the fruits ripen, on the fourth the branches are pruned. What kind of tree is this? (year)
These birds fly in a line,
And they won't come back anymore.
There are seven birds in every flock,
You all know them! (Days of the week.)
twelve brothers
They wander after each other,
But they don't overtake each other. (Months.)
The bridge stretches
For seven miles,
And at the end of the bridge -
Golden Mile. (A week.)
They come every year
To visit us:
One gray-haired
Another young one
The third gallops
And the fourth one is crying. (Seasons.)
Invite your child to come up with his own story about the seasons.
Don't forget to tell your child that a year consists of 12 months, and each season has 3 months.
Calendar seasons
Further knowledge can be deepened by dividing what happens in nature into months, as shown in the pictures. Ask your child questions: “When do the leaves fall from the trees?”, “When will we go swimming in the river?” and the like in order to retain the material well in memory.
There are calendars on sale with a moving hand for studying the seasons and months of the year. You can make such a calendar with your own hands by simply printing out a drawing and attaching a cardboard arrow.
Cards, coloring pages and riddles will help children consolidate their knowledge about the seasons.
Cards
You need to cut along the lines.
IN kindergarten or at home you can make an applique from colored paper on the theme of the seasons. Sample:
How to learn the names of the months with your child
A simple poem will help you remember the months:
January was walking through the snowdrifts, the king of all winter frosts!
February caught up with him - he lost his shawl from the blizzard.
March came running for his shift and the ringing rang: “Spring, let’s start!”
April sailed along the streams, he carried drops in his pocket.
The leaves of May rustled: “Take off your warm jacket!”
The dandelion carried June. Do you want a miracle? Just blow!
And in July, and in July we had a holiday at sea!
August was buzzing with bees and sitting like a mushroom in the forest.
In golden September we forgot about the heat!
The wind blew in October: let's pick up yellow leaves!
November froze us and threw the first snow on the ground.
December is upon us, ending a long year!
(c) Irina Gurina
Or another poem:
We have learned the names of the months and their order, now you can tell your child the secret of how to determine/count the number of days in a month using their fists :)
Don't forget to tell us about leap year!
Thirty days are always in September,
In April, June and November.
One day more in other months,
Only February doesn’t want to catch up.
There are only twenty-eight days in it,
September -
October – [ɔk"təubə]
november -
December -
2 Some features of the use of words denoting months and seasons in English
1. Please note that the names of the months of the year are always written with a capital letter.
2. To separate the date and month from the year, a comma is used in dates:
Not born June 14, 1940– He was born on June 14, 1940.
It happened in May, 1977– This happened in May 1977.
3. With the names of the seasons, the article is used only in cases where there is or is implied a clarifying definition: in the spring of 1962.
4. When designating full dates (indicating the day/month/year) the number is indicated by an ordinal number, and the year by a cardinal number, and the word year not pronounced: on January 17, 1992 = on the seventeenth of June, nineteen ninety-two.
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3 The use of prepositions with the names of months and seasons in English
1. Prepositions with the word month:
by the month– monthly;
for a month– within a month;
in a month- a month later.
2. In combinations of month names with words all, any, each, every, last, next, one, this prepositions are not placed before them: this March– in March of this year.
3. In time circumstances, the preposition is used with the name of the month in: in April- in April, early in April– at the beginning of April, but if the date/day in the month is indicated, then the preposition is used on: on the second of April- second of April, on a bright April day- a bright April day.
If the date is used in the attributive function, then the preposition is used of: a letter of April the second– letter dated April 2 (dated April 2).
4. The preposition is used with the names of the seasons in: in autumn.
5. In combinations of nouns autumn, summer, spring, winter, year, day, week, month with words all, any, each, every, last, next, this, that or one neither prepositions nor articles are used before them: this month- this month, last month- last month month, next month- next month.
You may come any day you like– You can come any day.
Not arrived last week (month, autumn)– He arrived last week (last month, last fall).
We go to the country every summer– We go to the village every summer.
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4 Songs about the months of the year in English
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5 Song about the seasons in English
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6 Months of the year in English idioms
a month of Sundays- joking. long term, a month of Sundays
not in a month of Sundays / never in a month of Sundays- when the crayfish whistles on the mountain; after the rain on Thursday, i.e. never
fence-month– time of year when hunting is prohibited
January barometer- exchanges. "January Barometer" (a method of predicting market conditions, according to which market activity increases in those years when the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 index increases in the month of January, and decreases when the value of this index decreases in the month of January)
February fill-dike– rainy period (usually February); letters “filling ditches” (an epithet for February, characterized (in England) by heavy rain and snowfall); (Scottish) Aquarius month
February fair-maid– snowdrop
March beer– March beer (a seasonal drink produced mainly due to tradition; goes on sale in mid-March and is sold for no more than a month)
the Ides of March– the Ides of March, the fifteenth of March (the date became famous in history, since on this day in 44 BC the assassination of Julius Caesar took place)
April fish- April Fool's joke
April-fool- victim of an April Fool's joke
April weather– 1) now it’s rain, now it’s sunny; 2) sometimes laughter, sometimes tears
April Fools" Day– “All Fools’ Day”, April 1st (prank day)
May– (at the University of Cambridge) a) = Mays exams; b) (Mays) boat races (late May or early June)
May and December/January- marriage between a young girl and the old man
May Day- May Day
Mayflower– a flower that blooms in May: maynika, lily of the valley, hawthorn
May-queen- a girl chosen for her beauty as the queen of May (in the May games)
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7 Seasons in English idioms
full of the joys of spring- joking. radiant and cheerful, brimming with optimism and energy
day spring- dawn, dawn
to summer and winter– 1) spend the whole year; 2) remain faithful; 3) leave unchanged; 4) discuss something at length and in detail.
summer and winter, winter and summer– all year round
a woman of some thirty summers- woman about thirty
Indian (St. Martin's, St. Luke's) summer- Indian summer
summer lightning– lightning
summer time – "summer time"(when the clock is set forward an hour)
summer sausage– dry smoked sausage, raw smoked sausage
in the autumn of life– in old age
green winter– snowless, mild winter
blackberry/dogwood/redbud winter– colloquial spring frosts (coinciding with the flowering of blackberries, dogwoods, and crimson)
winter cherry– physalis
wintertide– poet. winter
fall-winter– end of winter
after-winter– return of winter
Winter War– “Winter War” (war between the USSR and Finland in 1939–40)
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8 Seasons and months of the year in English proverbs and signs
One crow does not make a winter.
One crow doesn't make winter.
One woodcock doesn't make winter.
One woodcock doesn't make a winter.
They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer.
Those who do not want to work in the summer will starve in the winter.
Blossom in spring – fruit in autumn.
Blooms in spring and bears fruit in autumn.
One swallow does not make a summer.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
If you don't sow in the spring, there will be nothing to harvest in the fall.
April is the cruellest month.
April is the cruelest month.
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
March comes like a lion and goes out like a lamb. (March comes with a storm and leaves with warmth.)
March grass never did good.
Early grass won't do any good.
April showers brings May flowers.
There are rains in April, flowers in May.
A warm January, a cold May.
Warm January – cold May.
9 Games, songs and fairy tales in English about the months and seasons (flash)
Origin of the names of the months of the year in English
In many languages, including English and Russian, the names of the months are of Latin origin. In the ancient Roman calendar, the year consisted of ten months, and March was considered the first month. Later, at the turn of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. BC, a calendar was borrowed from Etruria in which the year was divided into 12 months: December was followed by January and February. Months in English and their equivalents from the Roman calendar:
March/Martius – named after the god Mars;
April/ Aprilis - named, presumably, from the Latin word aperire - to open (beginning of spring), (according to another version, the month is named after greek goddess Aphrodite);
May/Maius – named after the Roman goddess Maya;
June/Junius – named after the goddess Juno;
July/Quintilis, later Julius - named after Julius Caesar in 44 BC. (previously the month was called from the word quintus - fifth, because it was the 5th month of the old Roman calendar, which began in March and consisted of ten months);
August/Sextilis, later Augustus – named after Emperor Augustus in 8 BC. (previously called from the word sextus - sixth);
September/September – from the word septem – seven;
October/October – from the word octo – eight;
November/November – from the word novem – nine;
December/December – from the word decem – ten;
January/Januarius – named after the god Janus;
February/Februarius – month of cleansing, from lat. februare - to cleanse, to make an atoning sacrifice at the end of the year.
According to information " Wikipedia".
Abbreviated names of months of the year in English
January - January/Jan
February - February/Feb
March - March/Mar
April - April/April
May - May/May
June - June/Jun
July - July/Jul
August – August/Aug
September - September/Sept/Sep
October - October/Oct
November - November/Nov
December - December/Dec
Coloring pages, riddles and exercises on the topic: seasons and months of the year in English
Children's poems about the seasons and months of the year in English
Thirty days hath September... (1)
Thirty days has September,
April, June and November;
February has twenty-eight alone.
But leap year coming once in four
Gives February one day more.
(hath = has; alone- one; only; all the rest- other; leap year coming once in four– a leap year, occurring once every four years)
Thirty days hath September... (2)
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap-year, that"s the time
When February"s days are twenty-nine.
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March winds
And April showers
Bright ahead
May flowers.
Sign
(translation by S. Ya. Marshak)
Windy in March
It rains in April
In May there are violets and
Wait for lilies of the valley.
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Cut theses in May,
They grow in a day;
Cut them in June
That is too soon;
Cut them in July
Then they will die.
(to cut- cut, cut; thistle– bot. thistle; to die- die, perish)
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Spring is showery, flowery, bowery;
Summer – hoppy, croppy, poppy;
Autumn – wheezy, sneezy, freezy;
Winter – slippy, drippy, nippy.
(showery– rainy; flowery– blooming; bowery– shady; hoppy– intoxicating; croppy– round-headed; poppy– poppy; wheezy– wheezing; sneezy– sneezing; freezy– freezing; slippy– sleepy; drippy– stupid; nippy– frosty)
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A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay;
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon;
A swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.
(a swarm of bees- swarm of bees; is worth- costs; a load of hay- a cart of hay; a silver spoon- silver spoon; fly- fly)
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In Spring I look gay
Decked in comely array,
In Summer more clothing I wear;
When colder it grows,
I fling off my clothes,
And in Winter quite naked appear.
Cold and raw the north wind doth blow,
Bleak in the morning early;
All the hills are covered with snow,
And winter's now come fairly.
The First of May
The fair maid who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day,
And washes in dew from the hawthorn-tree,
Will ever after handsome be.
What season do Americans like?
36% of Americans say spring is their favorite time of year/ spring. 27% prefer autumn/ autumn, 25% – summer/ summer, 11% – winter/ winter. Interestingly, love for the seasons depends on age: young Americans love summer more. summer, and the elderly – winter/ winter.
Americans' favorite months of the year are May/ May(chosen by 14% of respondents), October/ October(13%), June/ June and December/ December(12% each). The overwhelming majority of US residents do not like January/ January, February/ February and March/ March.
In calling the months, European powers showed surprising solidarity. You can verify this by comparing the names adopted in different countries. For example:
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Isn't it true that they are all carbon copies? This is convenient because when determining the time of year, you can easily navigate in any country. Learning the names of the months is considered one of the easiest foreign language lessons to learn.
But what explains this similarity?
Everything is very simple: all names are based on the ancient Roman calendar. The ancient Romans, in turn, named the months in honor of their gods, rulers, important events and religious holidays.
However, there is one peculiarity: all calendar year, depending on the origin of the names of the months, can be divided into two parts. One is dedicated to holidays and gods, and for some reason the second was simply called by number. But first things first.
To understand in more detail, you need to remember the “calendar” history.
WHO GAVE THE NAMES TO THE MONTHS?
In ancient times, chronology was carried out according to a 10-month calendar (there were 304 days in a year), and the names of the months coincided with their serial number: first, second, sixth, tenth (or unus duo , tres, quattuor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem - in Latin). In the 7th century BC. e. it was decided to reform the calendar to bring it into line with the solar-lunar cycle. This is how 2 more months appeared - January and February, and the year increased to 365 days.
- Research shows that in the 8th century BC. e. The Romans decided to give names to the months. The first was March, named after the god Mars. The ancient Romans considered him their ancestor (the father of Romulus, the founder of Rome), which is why they awarded him such an honor.
- The next month (then the second month) became Aperire, which translated from Latin means “to open,” - in honor of the onset of spring and the appearance of the first shoots.
- The Roman goddess of fertility Maia was given the third month - Maius. At this time, it was customary to make sacrifices in order to gain the favor of the deity and get a good harvest.
- The month of June (the fourth in the old calendar) received its name in honor of Jupiter's wife Juno - the goddess of motherhood (lat. Junius).
- July (Julius) - perhaps the most famous month. Even many schoolchildren know that the Romans dedicated it to their greatest ruler - Emperor Julius Caesar.
- The next month (sixth, or sextus, according to the old calendar) was named in honor of Caesar's successor, Octavian Augustus. To equalize the two great emperors, days were even added to Augustus (the sixth month at that time had 30 days, and the fifth, dedicated to Caesar, had 31). One day in honor of Emperor Augustus was “taken away” from the new month - February. That's why it is the shortest of the year.
From the seventh to the tenth months they retained their usual names: the seventh ( septem/September), eighth ( octo/October), ninth ( novem/November) and tenth ( decem/December). Apparently, the Romans could not come up with something more interesting.
As mentioned, January and February came later. Their names are directly related to religion. January (Januarius) began to be called so in honor of the god Janus. He, as the ancient Romans believed, had two faces. One was facing the future, the second was facing the past (which is symbolic for the first month of the year, isn’t it?). February ( Februum) was named after the rite of cleansing of sins of the same name.
In 45 BC, Julius Caesar decided to celebrate the beginning of the new year on January 1. So we got Julian calendar and everyone's favorite holiday.
SLAVIC VERSION
If speak about Slavic names months, then in a row Slavic languages and now the names are used Slavic origin, not international Latin ones. Unlike the ancient Romans, our distant ancestors named the calendar months in accordance with natural manifestations.
"Authentic" Slavic names
- January - cutting (the time when the forest is cut or cut, wood is prepared for new buildings);
- February is severe (the month when frosts are severe);
- March - birch tree (the time when the buds on the birch tree begin to swell);
- April - pollen, kviten (time of the beginning of flowering);
- May - grass (grass begins to grow);
- June is a worm. There are 2 versions of the appearance of this name. The first is due to the red color of the blooming flowers, the second is due to the appearance at this time of the larvae of the Cochemil insect, from which the red dye was made;
- July - Lipen (in honor of linden blossom);
- August - sickle (time for the reapers to work, when the harvest is being harvested with a sickle);
- September - Spring. According to one version, the month received its name in honor of the flowering of heather, according to another - in honor of the threshing of grain, which our ancestors called “vreshchi”;
- October - yellow shade (the foliage on the trees is yellow at this time);
- November - leaf fall (the time when trees drop their leaves);
- December - snowfall, breast (at this time snow falls, the ground turns into frozen breasts).
Now you know how the names of 12 months appeared. Which version do you like better - Latin or Slavic?
Hello! For comfortable communication in English, it is very important to know the names of the seasons, but it is equally important, for both children and adults, to be able to name the months. In daily conversations we use these words - we name dates, birthdays, holidays, schedules. Therefore, at the very first stages of studying foreign language you need to learn this vocabulary. Names of months in English In English, as in Russian, there are 12 months in a year. But besides the difference in names, there are others significant differences. So, we have 3 months in each season. In the US it's the same, but in Britain it's different. They have two seasons of 2 months, and two seasons of 4 months, which, in general, also amounts to 12 months of the year. But for children this information is not so important, but it will be useful for you to know.
First, let's name them with translation and transcription:
In general, you will gain spelling skills over time with constant practice. practical exercises and by regularly reading English literature.
Features of the distribution of months in Britain
As I already said, in the UK the months are distributed according to the seasons differently. For them, November, December, January and February are considered winter months; March and April - spring; May, June, July, August - summer; and September and October are autumn. In America, everything is as we are used to.
Therefore, if you are going to travel to the UK, then it will be useful for you to know this information so as not to get into an awkward situation and show your competence in this matter.
A video lesson will help you understand how to correctly pronounce the names of all 12 months in English. I wish you success!
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