We study for months in English. Months in English

It should be remembered that all months in English are written with a capital letter, regardless of their place in the sentence.

For example, I was born in December. I was born in December. One of her favorite movies is “Sweet November". One of her favorite films is "Sweet November".

January - January [‘ʤænju(ə)rɪ]

February – February [‘febru(ə)rɪ]

March

April - April [‘eiprɪl]

May - May

June – June [ʤuːn]

July - July [ʤu'laɪ]

August – August [‘ɔːgəst]

September

October - October [ɔk’təubə]

November

December

Months in English. Short form.

In British English there is no period at the end of an abbreviated word, but in American English there is. Reducing the names of months in English to one letter, as you can see, is also possible.

January - January - Jan.

February - February - Feb.

March - March - Mar.

April - April - April.

May - May - May

June - June - June

July - July - July

August - August - Aug.

September - September - Sept., Sep.

October - October - Oct.

November - November - Nov.

December - December - Dec.

Using prepositions with months in English

Prepositions IN And ON are used with months in English:

in January - in January (if we are talking only about month name)

on the first of January - the first of January (if we are talking about date)

last January - last January (!! note the absence of a preposition in English - the use of a preposition in this expression is )

next January - next January

this February - in February (of this year, about the upcoming February) (!! note the lack of preposition in English)

in July last year - in July last year

Seasons in English

spring spring

summer [‘sʌmə] summer

autumn [‘ɔːtəm] autumn (BrE - British English); fall (AmE - American English)

winter [‘wɪntə] winter

Using prepositions with seasons in English.

WITH seasons in English the preposition is used IN.

in the spring of 2014 - in the spring of 2014

in spring - in the spring

in summer - in the summer

in autumn - in the fall

in winter - in winter

How to remember months and seasons in English?

1. Get to know the history English names months and seasons.

2. Listen to the song and sing it along.

3. Install the English menu on your phone and scroll through the electronic calendar in English, repeating month after month, season after season.

4. Write a story about yourself, remembering interesting and important events associated with each month of the year and seasons or dreaming about something. Remember about, namely, the prepositions ON and IN.

For example:

We usually go to the mountains in January. We usually go to the mountains in January.

People celebrate International Women's Day on the 8th of March. People celebrate international women's day on March 8th.

He got married in April. He got married in April.

May is my husband’s favorite month. May is my husband's favorite month.

We went on holiday in August. We went on vacation in August.

School starts in September. School classes begin in September.

It often rains in October. It often rains in October.

In November we would like to spend a week abroad in Egypt. In November we would like to spend a week abroad in Egypt.

Her best friend was born in December. Her best friend was born in December.

Useful phrases with months in English

by February- by February

February fair-maid - snowdrop

to be (as) mad as a March hare - to go crazy, to go crazy

April 1st (draw day) - All Fools’ Day, April Fools' Day

May and December/January- marriage between a young girl and an old man

the May of youth - spring of life, youth

in the May of life - in the prime of life

in October- in October

a bumper of October- a glass of October beer

December days - December days

Useful phrases with seasons in English

spring showers - spring showers

late / early spring - late / early spring

summer camp - summer camp

summer cottage - dacha

summer time - " summer time"(when the clock is set forward an hour)

summer and winter, winter and summer - all year round

Indian (St. Martin’s, St. Luke’s) summer - Indian summer

in the autumn of life - in old age

late autumn - late / deep / autumn

hard / severe / harsh winter - cold winter

mild winter - soft, warm winter

green winter - snowless, mild winter

Before you and I, dear readers, start talking about the names of months in English, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the word “month” is plural is shaped like "months" rather than "months". Remember this please! "Months" (with emphasis on the "e") is a form of the word in genitive case, answering the questions “who?”, “what?”. It's scary to see how many results Google produces when searching for “month of the year,” for example.

The topic all months in English is very entertaining and educational. We will tell you how the calendar appeared, what the 12 months are called in English, we will definitely look at how months are written in English and learn about their abbreviated forms.

History of calendars

The question of what a calendar is does not arise, right? But who invented it, why there are 365 days in a year, what do the Sun and Moon have to do with it, how did they manage to divide the year into months...

Actually, the Romans created their solar calendar based on the Greek lunar calendar. In those days there were 304 days in a year, divided into 10 months. True, then the first month of the year was not January, but March. Where did the rest of the days come from? One of the rulers of Rome, Numa Pompilius, decided to add another 2 months to reduce discrepancies in time and days. But even then the calendar lunar phases out of 355 days did not coincide with solar year. And subsequently, to correct this discrepancy, another month was added every few years - Mercedonia. Can you imagine?!

Julius Caesar brought the calendar to a unified form, not without the help of astronomers. It was he who introduced such a concept as leap year with 366 days.

Of course, after this the calendar was changed and improved more than once, discrepancies in hours and actual dates and moon phases were corrected. And only Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 streamlined the calendar that we use to this day. We call it Gregorian.

Names of the months in English with transcription

Since the names of the months were formed in ancient times, they were based on the names of Roman gods, emperors, great people, just numbers, and holidays. Please immediately note that the names of the months, since these are proper names, are written with capital letter.

In general, the word month - month in English, comes from the word moon - moon, month.

Let's finally look at the list of months in English and find out where they got such names from:

January – January[‘dʒænju(ə)ri]

• The month is named after the two-faced Roman god of entrances and exits, as well as beginnings and ends. Initially, the month had 29 days, and then Caesar decided to add 2 more days. And so it turned out to be the 31st day of January.

February – February[‘febru(ə)ri]

• This month has the same name as the Roman festival of cleansing from sins Februa.

March – March[mɑ:tʃ]

• The “strongest” month is named after the Roman god of war, Mars – Martius, Mars.

April – April[‘eipr(ə)l]

• Spring month named after the Greek goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite - Aphrilis.

May – May[mei]

• Last month Spring is named after Maius, the Greek goddess of fertility.

June – June[dʒu:n]

• A wonderful summer day is patronized by the Roman goddess of marriage, and in general the protector of women, Juno - Juno.

July[dʒu'lai]

• Whose name is the name of the month similar to? Of course, Julius Caesar! It was in this month that the great commander and politician was born, who decided to immortalize himself in this way. But previously July was simply called Quintilis, which meant “fifth.”

August – August[ˈɔːɡəst]

• The ancient Roman politician and founder of the Roman Empire, Octavian Augustus, who completed the laborious work of correcting the calendar, also decided to leave a memory in the name of one of the months of the year.

September – September[sep’tembə]

• Previously, the seventh month was called septem. We remember, yes, that the year began in March?!

October – October[ɔk’təubə]

• This is, accordingly, the eighth month - octo. Apparently, the imagination of Roman and Greek figures has ended J

November – November[nəu’vembə]

• The ninth month is novem.

December – December[di'sembə]

• And the tenth, last one ancient calendar, month – decem.

Months in English with prepositions

There are only two prepositions that are used with months in English. This in And on: in January– in January, in February– in February, etc.

But when talking about the past or future, remember that in is issued: this March– this March, next Arpil– next April, last May- in the past Maya.

The difference in these prepositions is that in is tied more to the month itself than to the date. For example: My birthday is in November. – My birthday is in November.

But the preposition on forms an integer with a date, not with a month. For example: I will celebrate my birthday on November 13th. – I will celebrate my birthday on November 13th.

As you can see, everything is extremely simple!

Abbreviation of months in English

Why are abbreviations necessary and what is difficult about them? Nothing difficult, but short forms are very necessary. Most of all, probably, for official correspondence.

Just remember that months in English, even when abbreviated, are written with a capital letter. Eat!

Another nuance: names are shortened to just three letters. That is, Apr, Oct, Nov. June and July can be left unchanged and written in full. So you use the British version. And if you shorten the names to Jun and Jul, you get the American version. Although September is always abbreviated to four letters - Sept.

As for the dots at the end of the abbreviation, there is a division into British and American options: put a period - American, do not put a point - British.

Now you know not only how to write October in English, but also how to spell March in English and other months of the year. We remember, we hope, the abbreviated names of the months in English, which will be useful for writing business letters.

The names of the seasons and months are common vocabulary, so learning their names is very important for language learners.

Etymology of month names

Etymology- a science that studies the origin of words, reconstructing vocabulary the most ancient period.

• Word month associated with *mænon - Moon, month.
• The names of the months in English originate from the Julian calendar. Initially, the ancient Roman calendar had 10 months. The first month of the year was March.

• Julian calendar- a calendar developed by a group of Alexandrian astronomers led by Sosigenes. The calendar is named after Julius Caesar, by whose decree it was introduced into the Roman Empire from January 1, 45 BC. e. The year according to the Julian calendar begins on January 1, since it was on this day from 153 BC. e. The consuls elected by the comitia took office. In 46 BC. Julius Caesar introduced the counting of the year from January 1 and changed the number of days in some months. Thus, after the introduction of the Julian calendar, the average length of the year became 365.25 days: usually a year lasted 365 days, once every four years - 366 days.
• In the Roman calendar, four months of the year (March, May, July and October) consisted of 31 days, the remaining months had 30 days. That is, there were 304 days in a year. In the 7th century BC, the Romans made a reform and added an eleventh and twelfth month: January, (from Latin Jānuārius) - in honor of the ancient Roman god of doors, roads and beginnings Janus, who was depicted with two faces, and February(from Latin Februārius mēnsis - month of atonement), the name of which comes from the Roman festival of purification from sins februa, which was celebrated on February 15.

• March (March) named after the ancient Roman god of war, Mars.
• April- the name of the month comes from Latin word aperire, which means to open, perhaps because the buds open in April. According to another version, the name of the month comes from the Latin word Aprilis, which comes from Greek word Aphro, which is short for Aphrodite. That is, April is named after the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite.
• May– received its name in honor of the Roman goddess of spring and earth, Maya.

• June– the month is named after the goddess Juno, who is the goddess of marriage. To this day, some people believe and choose to get married in June.
• July named after the ancient Roman commander Julius Caesar, who was born this month. Initially, July was called quintilis (from the Latin fifth), since it was the fifth in a row.
• August (August) originally called Sextilis (sixth), and then renamed in honor of the ancient Roman emperor Octavian Augustus.

The names of the following months come from Latin numerals:

• September - from Latin septem (seven).
• October — (October) has the root octo (eight).
• November (november)- novem (nine).
• December- decem (ten), respectively. The suffix -ber in these names is an adjective suffix, therefore literally the months are translated as the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.

Names of the months in modern English

The names of the months are common vocabulary, which should not cause great difficulties when memorizing due to partial similarity in the names of the months in English and Russian.

Using prepositions with months

The following prepositions are used with the names of months in English: IN And ON.

• in January- in January (if we are talking only about the name of the month)
• on the first of January- the first of January (if we are talking about a date)
• last January- last January (!! note the absence)
• next January- next January (!! note the lack of preposition in English)
• this February- in February (of this year, about the upcoming February) (!! note the absence of a preposition in English)
• in July last year- last July
• by next month- by next month.

Abbreviated month names

In the abbreviated version of the name of the months, only the first three letters of the name remain:

• January - January - Jan.
• February - February - Feb.
• March - March - Mar.
• April – April – Apr.
• May - May - May - not abbreviated
• June - June - June - not abbreviated
• July - July - July - not abbreviated
• August - August - Aug.
• September - September - Sept., Sep.
• October - October - Oct.
• November - November - Nov.
• December – December – Dec.

Today we will study the names of the months in English. Since there is a lot of information, I decided to break it down into the following sections. You can immediately move on to what interests you specifically.

Names of the months with translation, transcription and pronunciation.

English months by seasons.

The names of the months in Anglo-Saxon are given in brackets.

WintermonthsonEnglish: December (Ærra Gēola), January (Æfterra Gēola), February (Sol-mōnaþ)

SpringmonthsonEnglish: March (Hrēþ-mōnaþ), April (Easter-mōnaþ), May (Þrimilce-mōnaþ)

SummermonthsonEnglish: June (Ærra Līþa), July (Æftera Līþa), August (Weod-mōnaþ).

AutumnmonthsonEnglish: September (Hālig-mōnaþ), October (Winterfylleth), November (Blōt-mōnaþ)

Exercises to remember the months of the year in English.

Exercise 1. Match the transcriptions to the names of months.

4.[‘ʤænju(ə)rɪ] 6.[‘eɪpr(ɪ)l]

[‘febru(ə)rɪ]

Exercise 2. Guess which months are encrypted.

• creDmeeb = December
• Ailrp = _______________
• nJeu = _______________
• yMa = _______________
• chraM = _______________
• lyJu = _______________
• metbreSpe = _______________
• uugAts = _______________
• aynuJra = _______________
• removeNb = _______________
• euFairbr = _______________
• reOtcbo = _______________

Exercise 3. Write the months.

Exercise 4. Write about you and your family.

Exercise 5. Write what months are going on

after: May, November, February, March, June, December

to: April, January, July, March, February, May.

Exercise 6. Choose and read the names of winter, spring, summer and autumn months.

October, January, December, June, September, May, July, April, August, November, March, February

Exercise 7. True or false. Read aloud and translate the correct sentences. Correct and write down the incorrect ones.

1. There are twelve winter months in a year.
2. In Russia there are three summer months.
3. There are 30 days in August.
4. June comes after July.
5. In our country May is the first summer month.
6. There are twenty-eight days in January.
7. There are twenty-eight or twenty-nine days in February.
8. September is the coldest month of the year.
9. People celebrate Christmas in February.
10. Halloween is in December.

Poems and songs for memorizing English months with translation.

Let's start with poems in Russian using titles English months. These poems will help children remember the names of the months in English.

Winter months.

On the windows of houses and trolleybuses soon

December– December, will draw patterns.

January at the gate!

Fairy tale! Miracle! New Year!

A blizzard will sweep across the earth,

formidable February get angry.

Spring months.

Outside the window there are icicles crying.

March will begin soon - March

No more drops are heard

April started - April.

The time has come for May.

Warm May April replaces

Summer months.

So much sun! How much light!

June– June, welcome summer.

It's July outside the window - July.

Run, swim, sunbathe!

After July August comes.

We have a wonderful harvest in our garden!

Autumn months

The trees will put on a colorful outfit,

September He will seat the children at their desks.

Tearing leaves from a yellowed garden

October– October, the king of leaf fall

All the songbirds have long since flown away,

November– November, there’s a knock on our window.

And now poems about English months with translation.

Hey! Stand up when I say when your birthdays come!

January, February, March, April, May, June

July, August, September, October, November, December

Birthdays, birthdays, they are fun!

Everyone has fun when their birthdays come!

Birthdays, birthdays, they are fun

Everyone has fun when their birthday comes!

Hey! Get up when I call your birth month!

January, February, March, April, May, June,

July, August, September, October, November, December.

Birthdays, birthdays, they're fun!

Birthdays, birthdays, they're fun!

Everyone has fun when a birthday comes!

January, February, March – that’s not so much!

April, May, June – that’s the tune!

July, August and September – we are cheerful and slender!

October, November, December- all these months you must remember!

January, February, March - that's not so much!

April, May, June - this is the motive!

July, August and September - we are cheerful and slim!

October, November, December - all these months you should remember!

Are there twelve months in the year? - Yes there are!

There are twelve months in the year! Here they are!

January, February, March, and April,

May, June, and July,

August, September, October, November,

After December they all have gone by.

There are twelve months in a year, right? - Yes!

There are twelve months in a year! Here they are!

January, February, March and April,

May, June and July,

August, September, October, November,

After December they all passed.

The history of the origin of the names of English months.

The names of the English months are of non-English origin. They come from the Latin names of the months of the Roman and later Julian calendars.

It is interesting to know that in the Roman calendar there were 10 months that had a name, and two winter months that did not even have names, meaning that no important agricultural work was carried out during this time. The year began with the month Martius (modern March - March). Numa Pompilius introduced the names of two winter months- Januarius (January) and Februarius (February) around 700 BC. e. He also moved the start of the year to January.

In 46 BC. e. Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar, giving rise to the Julian calendar. He changed the number of days in some months.

Let's move on to history of English month names.

January– month of Janus. Janus is the god of gates and doorways, depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions. Initially, January had 29 days; under Julius Caesar, the month “lengthened” by 2 days.

February- the month of Februalia - the Roman holiday of cleansing from sins.

March- month of Mars. Mars is the god of war. It was in March, as I already wrote, that the year began, and with it new wars were often declared or old wars were renewed.

April- month of Aphrodite. Aphro is a shortened spelling of Aphrodite's name in Greek. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She is identified with the Roman goddess Venus.

May- month of Maya. Maia (meaning "great") is the goddess of spring, daughter of Faun and wife of Vulcan.

June- month of Juno. Juno is one of the supreme goddesses of the Roman pantheon. She is the goddess of marriage and the well-being of women. She is the wife and sister of Jupiter. She is identified with the Greek goddess Hera.

July is the month of Julius Caesar, although it originally got its name from the word quintilis, which means “fifth.” When reforming the calendar, Julius Caesar named the month in his honor.

August- the month of Octavian Augustus, who completed the calendar reform begun by Caesar, and, following his predecessor, named one of the months in his honor.

September- seventh month. Although in the modern calendar it is no longer the seventh, but earlier, when, as we remember, the year began in March, September was the seventh month and in Latin it sounded like “ september mensis".

October- eighth month. In Latin - “ october mensis”.

November- ninth month. In Latin – “Novembris mensis”.

December- tenth month. In Latin - “ Decembermensis”.

Set expressions with names of months.

The English language has many idioms with the names of months. Here are the most common and interesting of them. Idioms are given with an interpretation of the meaning.

• slow as molasses in January - very slowly

Can you drive any faster? - That’s not my fault! The traffic is slower than molasses in January.

• It"ll be a long day in January (when smth happens) - when the cancer on the mountain whistles / never!

It"ll be a long day in January when Polly agrees to marry Jack.

• mad as a March hare - crazy

When someone takes her smartphone, Liz becomes as mad as a march hare.

• Maybees don't fly in June! – Stop changing your mind!

Stop changing your mind so often! Maybees don't fly in June!

• a cold day in July – a slow or unlikely event

It"ll be a cold day in July before these two get married.