Days Of The Week and Months

Learning the days of the week is easy! Just add the suffix -youbi.

Monday - げつようび （getsu-youbi)

Tuesday - かようび (ka-youbi)

Wednesday - すいようび (sui-youbi)

Thursday - もくようび (moku-youbi)

Friday - きんようび (kin-youbi)

Saturday - どようび (do-youbi)

Sunday - にちようび (nichi-youbi)

How about months? Its easy too, just add the suffix -gatsu.

January - いちがつ (ichi-gatsu)

February - にがつ (ni-gatsu)

March - さんがつ (san-gatsu)

April - しがつ (shi-gatsu)

May - ごがつ (go-gatsu)

June - ろくがつ (roku-gatsu)

July - しちがつ (shichi-gatsu)

August - はちがつ (hachi-gatsu)

September - くがつ (ku-gatsu)

October - じゅうがつ (juu-gatsu)

November - じゅういちがつ (juuichi-gatsu)

December - じゅうにがつ (juuni-gatsu)

Note : よん(yon, 4), なな(nana, 7) & きゅう(kyuu, 9) are not used to indicate the months.

Summary :
-youbi (ようび) denotes the day of the week
-gatsu (がつ) is put after a number to tell the month

Posted By : Jasvale

Labels: Time and Date