How days of the week are translated in orient hours. Name of the days of the week in English

First of all, it is worth understanding why a week is called a “week”. It turns out earlier, long before the adoption of Christianity, Sunday was called a week. And it was the first day of the week. But later, Sunday began to be considered the last day, ending the week. Why? Let's figure it out.

The word "week" happened from the combination “not to do”, that is, to rest. It’s wiser to rest after work (remember the Russian proverb “Done the job - walk boldly!”), Therefore, the most “loafing” day was the last. Today, starting the week on Monday is regulated by the International Organization for Standardization.

But first, it was the “week” (the day of the week, which later became “Sunday”) that began the seven-day period. Apparently, before a week (in the modern sense) called not "week", but "week"(in Bulgarian, by the way, even now the “week” is called “week”). And then they called the week "week" (seven days from week to week - from Sunday to Sunday).

ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

Why is Monday called Monday? The word "Monday" is derived from "after the week." Monday was the first day after Sunday, which was called "week" in ancient times. The root of the word is Monday. It is formed in a suffix way (suffix -nick-).

Why is Tuesday called Tuesday? Tuesday - from the word "second". The second day after the "week" (this Sunday). Notice - not the second day of the week, but the second after the week. Root - second, suffix - nickname.

Why is the environment called environment? This word also came from Old Slavonic (like “week”, “Monday”, “Tuesday”). It has a common root with the words "heart", "middle". Note: Wednesday is the middle of the week only if the week starts on a Sunday. This day is between the first three days of the week and the last. Nowadays, when the week starts on Monday, "Wednesday" does not live up to its name.

Why was Wednesday not called “tretenik” (by analogy with “Tuesday”) or “treteinik” (although, according to some sources, it was “treteinik” that the environment was called in ancient times)? And remember the names of the fingers! The one in the middle is called the middle finger, not the third or some other. In ancient times, the middle was given special meaning (it’s not for nothing that “middle” and “heart” are the same root words).

Interestingly, in some other languages, the day of the week "Wednesday" is translated literally as "middle" (for example, in German Mittwoch).

Some researchers argue that Wednesday is not the middle of a seven-day week, but of a five-day one. Allegedly, at first the week consisted of five days, and then, due to the influence of the Christian church, two additional days were added to it.

Why is Thursday called Thursday? Like "Tuesday", the word "Thursday" is formed in accordance with the ordinal number of the day of the week after Sunday. "Thursday" is formed from the common Slavic word "fourth", which, in turn, was formed from the word "fourth" in a suffixal way. Most likely, over time, the sound “t” fell out - the “four” remained, and gradually the sound “k” “voiced”, as it follows the sonorous (always sonorous) sound “r”. As a result, we have a day of the week called "Thursday".

Why is Friday called Friday? Friday is a little more complicated. Of course, the word is formed from the number "five" (the fifth day after the start of the week). But why not “Friday” or “Pyatak”? The fact is that even before the adoption of Christianity, the Slavic goddess Friday (related to the fifth day) was revered. Therefore, the fifth day was named after the goddess Friday, and not Friday.

Why is Saturday called Saturday? The word came from the Old Slavonic language. Once it was borrowed from the Greek language (from the Greek Sabbaton). And in the Greek language, it came from the Hebrew language (from sabbath - "the seventh day when you need to refrain from work"). Shabbat is a Hebrew word that literally means “rest”, “rest”.

By the way, the word "sabbath" has the same roots, so "Sabbath" and "sabbath" are related words. It is also interesting that not only in Russian the name of this day of the week comes from the Hebrew "Shabbat": in Spanish, and in Italian, and in French, the word for Saturday has the same origin. However, in many other languages. The explanation is simple - the spread of the Christian religion influenced the dictionaries of many languages.

Why is Sunday called Sunday? Sunday - this word, as already mentioned, has replaced the word "week". It arose, of course, after the adoption of Christianity in Rus'. The word is derived from "resurrect". Formed in a suffix way (suffix -enij-). This is the day on which, according to the scriptures, Jesus was resurrected.

Have you ever wondered why the days of the week are called that? Those. no one doubts that even a junior schoolboy can easily list them from Monday to Sunday, and he will do it in several languages at once. For example, in Russian, English and German.

But even not every adult can explain the meaning of the days of the week. Such a question, you see, could well be asked to connoisseurs of the well-known program “What? Where? When?". However, not everything is as complicated as it might seem at first glance.

The origin of the word "week"

In order to explain why the days of the week are called so, it is still worthwhile to first define some general concepts.

The word “week”, familiar to us, appeared even before the birth of the Christian faith. So called Sunday, which was in those days the first day of the week. It was later that he became the final one. According to experts, the original week was called a week. The word itself comes from the combination "not to do", that is, to spend time on vacation. As a result, the “laziest” day of the week became the last. And rightly so, in order to rest, you first need to be pretty tired, which means you have to work.

In our time, the week begins on Monday, recognized by the ISO International Organization for the release of standards.

Monday is a hard day

About why the names of the days of the week are exactly like that, there are a lot of legends and fairy tales among any nation.

However, let's still delve into history and try to find a more rational explanation.

The name "Monday" comes from the phrase "after the week." This is the first day following Sunday, which in ancient times was called a week. is monday-, and it is formed in a suffixal way with the addition -.

Day Two - Tuesday

The next day is Tuesday. Looking closely at the word, it is easy to guess how it was once formed. The word consists of the root vtor-, that is, the second in order from the beginning of the week, and the suffix -nik-.

And here is the middle

The name "environment" also has an Old Slavic origin and a common meaning with the words "middle" and "heart". Interestingly, Wednesday is considered the middle of the week only when the week countdown starts from Sunday. Nowadays, this day does not really live up to its name, since the week starts on Monday. By the way, the facts testify that in ancient times the medium had the name "treteynik".

Thursday

In some languages, not only Russian, the day between Tuesday and Thursday means the middle. Some scholars even claim that initially the week consisted of five days, but under the influence of the Christian church, then two more days were added.

The fourth day after Sunday was formed from the common Slavic word "fourth", which also came from the word "fourth" with the help of a suffixal method.

Gradually, this day of the week began to be called Thursday.

Friday - sleep soon

The fifth day after Sunday is a little more difficult. This name also appeared from the serial number "five", but it got its name on the fifth day in honor of the Slavic goddess Pyatnitsa, who had a direct relation to it before. That is why it is called "Friday" and not "Friday" or "pyatak".

Finally Saturday!

It is simply impossible to tell why the days of the week are called that without mentioning the first day of the weekend.

The Sabbath day originates from the Greek word sabbaton, which appeared due to the Hebrew dialect. The Hebrew word sabbath (Shabbat) means "a day of rest and joy," when one must refrain from any work.

The very name "Saturday" came from the Old Slavonic language. Interestingly, the words "Saturday" and "Sabbath" are the same root. In most languages, the name of this day of the week has a common derivation from the Hebrew word "Sabbath". The advent of Christian theology had a great influence on the lexicon of many languages.

Sunday - the crown of the week

The name "Sunday" appeared after the arrival of Christianity on the territory of Rus' and replaced the word "week". It is derived from the word "resurrect" and is formed by adding the suffix -eni-. According to Scripture, it was on this day of the week that Jesus Christ was resurrected.

Do children need days of the week?

To understand and comprehend all of the above for adults will not be any problem. But what about the kids? After all, it is they, you see, who tend to ask a huge number of clarifying questions, which are sometimes simply impossible to get rid of.

At the very beginning, the child needs to be explained that there are seven days in a week, each of which has a specific name. The first five days are working days, when adults work and children attend kindergarten or school. Weekends include Saturday and Sunday. Everyone is resting these days.

After that, according to experts, it is already possible to start studying temporary concepts (today, tomorrow, yesterday). For an easier perception of this topic, you need to analyze specific examples with the child. For example, talk about what happened yesterday or will happen tomorrow.

Most likely, a curious child will certainly want to know why the days of the week are called so. You can try to tell him, highlighting the most important thing in the general flow of information. And it’s better, by the way, to do it in a dosed way, because. such a volume of fairly complex new facts is unlikely to be remembered the first time.

Having learned to recognize the days of the week, the child will be able to plan and manage his time in the future, become more independent and organized. Any interest on his part should be encouraged by the parents. It is important for the child to understand what day of the week has come and what will happen on that day.

The names of the days of the week are used very often in everyday life. Therefore, the child hears these words from a very early age, not yet understanding their meaning, but he already begins to memorize this information and get used to it. The attention of the child should be focused on important celebrations for the family, the arrival of close relatives, etc. Discussing these dates in the family circle contributes to the development and learning of the child. This makes it easier to absorb new information.

There are many ways to help remember the names of the days of the week. Here are the simplest ones:

You can draw a simple calendar, where all the days of the week will be indicated, hang it in the most visible place. It will be interesting for the child to consider and discuss with an adult every day of the week. For more variety, you can write next to each day the events that occurred during the day.
Simple rhymes that should be constantly repeated with a small child will help you learn these names faster. At first, it will be difficult for him, but over time, the baby will remember them and learn to distinguish them on his own.
Making simple charts and signs that will reflect the planned events, as well as joint conversations about future family plans. All this will allow the child to get to know the concept of “days of the week” better.

Be patient, because this is a rather difficult process for a small child. Only with constant study and repetition will he be able to understand these words and not get confused in their order.

This lesson is devoted to the study of the names of the days of the week and their use in English. The questions of their origin and various methods of memorization will also be considered.

In English-speaking countries, like the vast majority of countries in the world, a seven-day week is used:

English week
Monday	["mΛndei]	Monday
Tuesday	["tju:zdi]	Tuesday
Wednesday	["wenzdei]	Wednesday
Thursday	["θə:zdei]	Thursday
Friday	["fraidei]	Friday
Saturday	["sætədei]	Saturday
Sunday	["sΛndei]	Sunday

The names of the days in the table are not specially numbered, because in England, the USA, Canada and many other countries, the first day of the week is not Monday, as we used to think, but Sunday. That is, the week starts with a weekend and ends with the same weekend. At the same time, Monday-Friday are working days (workday ["wə: kdei] or weekday ["wi: kdei] ).

Example from the calendar:

Another distinctive feature is that the names of the days of the week in English are proper names and therefore are always capitalized. Even in the case of the abbreviated form. (BTW, the same rule applies to )

Speaking of abbreviated form, as you can see in the example, English simply takes the first two letters of a word. Unlike the Russian language, where the abbreviated names of the days of the week are written in the form of two consonants. Less commonly, English uses the first letter of a word (only in calendars) or three-letter abbreviations - Mon., Tue., Wed. (as part of a date or in text). Examples:

Usage examples:

I like Saturday - I love Saturday
we will celebrate Christmas on Thursday - we will celebrate Christmas on Thursday
closed on Sundays - closed on Sundays

How to remember English days of the week?

Option one(most illogical):
Assign numbers to days. Monday - mono - single - first; Tuesday - two - two - second; Friday - five - fifth; Saturday - six - sixth; Sunday - seven - seventh.
Why not logical? By the fact that Monday is not the first day of the week, but the second, Tuesday the third, etc. In addition, it is difficult to choose something for Wednesday and Thursday.

Option two(analogues):

Option three:

Sometimes it is easier to remember a foreign word, knowing its origin and history. There are several versions of the origin of the names of the days of the week. The most plausible and supported by official science is the version of the formation of the names of the days from the names of the planets.

Since ancient times, people have observed the movement of celestial bodies and measured the passage of time by their position in the sky. So one of the main time units was the lunar month, i.e. the period from one full moon to another ~ 29 days. This period includes four distinct lunar phases, each lasting approximately 7 days. It is believed that it was from the lunar phase that the 7-day week to which we are accustomed occurred.

In those days, 7 planets were known to people. And since our ancestors were pagans and each of the cultures had its own pantheon, these planets (which later became the days of the week) got their names from the names of the most revered gods. English culture, which for a long time was under the influence of the Romans, adopted a large part of European traditions and beliefs. Later, Scandinavian motifs were added to them, which came to the British Isles along with the Vikings. As a result, the following names were formed in English:

If you are interested in the history of the origin of these names, then Wikipedia has an interesting article on this subject - http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Week-day_names . Unfortunately, it has not been translated into Russian, but it will be more useful to read it.

Hello! We continue to get acquainted with English everyday vocabulary. In addition to the names of the seasons and months, we often call the days of the week (days of week). This article is dedicated to them: the origin, name, use and methods of memorization. If you want to learn how to speak English, then you, one of the first, need to learn the days of the week in English.

English-speaking countries, like us, use a seven-day week. In most of them, the seven-day period starts on Monday, that is, the first day of the week is Monday. But in the USA, Canada, Israel, the countdown starts on Sunday. However, business days are Monday through Friday. Remember this rule so as not to get confused when studying the American calendar.

Another distinguishing feature is that English days of week are proper names. And this means that they, like months, are always capitalized, regardless of their order in the sentence. Including the abbreviated form of days. days of the week are abbreviated Another uniqueness of the English days of the week is that for abbreviation in the calendar, the first two letters are simply taken from the word - Mo., Tu., We. In Russian, the reduction occurs in two consonant letters - Mon., Tue., Sat. sometimes one or three letters may be used in English - Fri., Thu., Sat. And when writing a date, the day of the week is written first: Sun, 9 Mar 2014.

How to pronounce the days of the week in English?

To learn how to pronounce English days of week correctly, carefully study the table and transcription:

Title in English	Transcription	Russian pronunciation	Translation
MondayMonday	["mΛndei]	Monday	Monday	Mon
Tuesday Tuesday	["tju:zdi]	Tuesday	Tuesday	Tue
WednesdayWednesday	["wenzdei]	"Wednesday	Wednesday	Wed
ThursdayThursday	["θə:zdei]	Thursday	Thursday	Thu
FridayFriday	["fraidei]	Friday	Friday	Fri
SaturdaySaturday	["sætədei]	Saturday	Saturday	Sat
SundaySunday	["sΛndei]	Sunday	Sunday	Sun

Download the table, print it out and place it in a prominent place so that you can repeat it or peep at any convenient moment;).

Grammar

Before moving on to the grammar rules, let's learn how to call the time of day in English:

Day - afternoon [ˌɑːftə "nuːn]
night
Morning - morning ["mɔːnɪŋ]
Evening - evening ["iːvnɪŋ]

times of day in English Grammar rules regarding the English days of the week and day can be reduced to the following few laws:

Always capitalized: I like Sunday
Denoting days, they are used with the preposition "till, by, from, on": Christmas on Saturday, and in denoting the time of day - the preposition "in": in the afternoon
Used with such prepositions and definitions: this, every other, next, by / before, every, last
In combination with these words, the preposition is not used: last Wednesday
The article is usually not used.

Everything is extremely simple, understandable and accessible.

Methods for memorizing English days of the week

In order to remember something, use any, even the most illogical and sometimes crazy ways. The main thing is the result, and how you achieve it is not important. I will offer several options, and you choose the one that you like or come up with your own.

Option number one. Based on a sound analogy:

Monday - Monkey - monkey or Moon Day - lunar day, and sometimes it can be Monster Day (especially after yesterday)
Tuesday - True - real or Use Day - a useful day, spend it productively
Wednesday - Wedding - wedding or When is Day - day of questions
Thursday - Syoss (Syos) - today is a well-advertised shampoo. Wash Day
Friday - Freedom - freedom (work week ends) or fraer day
Saturday - Satan - the devil, on Saturday we get off like a devil, but for someone it's Sad a Day - a sad Saturday
Sunday - Sun - the sun, the most cheerful and bright English days of week

days of the week Second option. Use rhyming memory songs:

Monday's child is nice and slow
Tuesday's child is go, go, go Wednesday's child is very funny
Thursday's child is happy and sunny
Friday's child is like a king
Saturday's child can dance and sing
Sunday's child can stand on her head
And count the ghosts under her bed!

Listen to the pronunciation of these words in English, look for something familiar in their sound, draw analogies, come up with memos according to the principle: the funnier the faster. And you will succeed!

And finally option number three. By origin. The names of the days of the week in Romance and Germanic languages originated from the names of celestial bodies, which, in turn, received their names from the Old Norse and Roman gods. Even in ancient times, people found out that the planets move, and began to measure the passage of time according to their movements.

So they took the lunar month as the main time unit, which was approximately 29 days. This period, in turn, included 4 lunar phases, which were about 7 days long. It was from the lunar phase that the seven-day period appeared. Then people knew only 7 planets, and then they decided to name them in honor of the most revered gods. English culture adopted several names from the Romans:

Monday - Moon
Saturday - Saturn
Sunday - Sun

Saturday - Saturn The remaining names were formed later from the Scandinavian mythical gods, the motives of which were brought to the British Isles by the Vikings:

Tuesday - Tiu (Tiw)
Wednesday - Woden
Thursday - Thor
Friday - Freya

As a result, the seven-day period familiar to the British today appeared:

Origin of the days of the week
Monday	Moon	Moon
Tuesday	Tiu	Tiu - son of Odin, god of war
Wednesday	Woden	Viking supreme god Odin
Thursday	Thor	Thor - son of Odin, god of thunder
Friday	Freya	Freya - goddess of fertility
Saturday	Saturn
Sunday	Sun	Sun

Choose the option you like, and learn the days in English using any of the methods, or come up with your own. Watch the video to practice your pronunciation. For kids, educational cartoons can be shown.

1 Voiced words for days of the week and time of day in English (with transcription)

Note that the names of the days of the week are always capitalized.

2 Prepositions of time used with the designations of the days of the week and the names of the parts of the day

1. Preposition on set with the days of the week: on Sunday / on Monday.

2. Preposition in put with the names of parts of the day, always with a definite article:

in the morning- in the morning;
in the afternoon- in the afternoon;
in the evening- In the evening.

(But: at night- at night.)

3. In combinations of the names of the days of the week with the words all, any, each, every, last, next, one, this the preposition is not used before them: last Monday- last Monday.

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3 Songs about the days of the week in English

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4 Song about the time of day in English

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5 Days of the week in English idioms

Blue Monday- (lit. "sad Monday") heavy Monday, i.e. the first working day after Sunday
Monday feeling- (lit. "Monday feeling") unwillingness to work after Sunday
Bloody Monday- (lit. "Bloody Monday") stud. the first day of vacation, the day of punishment of violators
Black Monday- (lit. "black Monday") 1) school .; unfold the first day after the holidays; 2) church. Black Monday
Handsel Monday- the first Monday of the year on which it was customary to give small gifts, especially in Scotland (handsel - a gift for happiness; money received from the first sale, considered "lucky")
Fat Monday- (lit. "full Monday") the last Monday before Lent in the Catholic and Anglican churches

Pancake / Shrove Tuesday- Shrovetide Tuesday (the last day of Shrove Tuesday)

Black Wednesday- "black Wednesday", Wednesday September 16, 1992, when there was a sharp collapse in the British pound sterling
Good / Holy / Spy Wednesday- rel. Wednesday in Passion Week, Wednesday before Easter, the day Judas committed the betrayal

Black Thursday- exchanges. "Black Thursday", a precipitous fall in stock prices that began on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, and assumed catastrophic proportions on Black Monday (October 28) and Black Tuesday (October 29) that followed. This stock market crash, also known as the Wall Street crash, was the beginning of the Great Depression.
Maundy Thursday- rel. Maundy Thursday (Holy Week)

Friday girl- Assistant in the office, with a low official position and a variety of duties; a young girl acting as a personal assistant or secretary
Friday man– Friday, faithful servant (named after the servant in D. Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe")

Black Friday- "Black Friday", a Friday in which financial or other failures occur
Friday face- lean face, lean mine
Friday fare- fast food
Good Friday- rel. Good Friday

Saturday night special- trade; Amer. Saturday special, heavily discounted item, Saturday sale price; cheap (slang)
Hospital Saturday- (lit. "sick Saturday") the day of collecting donations for the maintenance of hospitals
Egg-Saturday- Saturday before Maslenitsa

a month of Sundays- (lit. "a month from Sundays") whole eternity, a very long time
when two sundays come together- lit. when two Sundays meet, i.e. never
sunday face- hypocritical appearance
Sunday's child- a child born on Sunday; lucky man
sunday driver– a car driver who works only on Sundays; inept, slow driver
sunday man- a person who is in society only on Sundays
sunday painter- an amateur artist; primitive artist
Sunday best / Sunday clothes– the best (new, festive) clothes for special occasions
Sunday closing– shop day off on Sundays
Sunday dinner- Sunday lunch
sunday school- Sunday School
Sunday supplement– Sunday supplement of the newspaper

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6 Time of day in English idioms

morning after- razg. hangover, morning after drinking, revelry, etc.; unfold period of sobering up after a rash act
morning news- morning news bulletin
morning star- morning star, Venus
morning coat- business card
morning dress- a) a home suit; b) business card
morning parade- military morning check

in the afternoon of one's life- at the end of life, in the declining years
afternoon tea- a hearty dinner with tea

yester-evening- last night
evening gown- Amer. Evening Dress
evening star- evening Star
evening colors- Amer. sea flag lowering signal
evening gun- sea. signal shot before the evening changing of the guard

night out- a night away from home
to have a night off- have a free evening
small night- the first hours after midnight (1-2 a.m.)
in the dead of the night- late at night
throughout the night- all night long
night fell- night has come
white night- 1) a night without sleep; 2) white night
overcast night- cloudy night
starlit night- Starlight Night
wedding night- the wedding night
stormy night- stormy night
night hawk = nightjar– night taxi driver; a person who works or just stays awake at night
night chair- chamber pot
night-bird– 1) nocturnal bird; 2) night reveler, night owl; night thief

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7 Games, songs and fairy tales in English about the days of the week (flash)

The origin of the names of the days of the week in English

In Latin, Romance and Germanic languages, the origin of the designations of the days of the week is associated with the names of the celestial bodies of the solar system: the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and the Sun (in turn, named after the Roman gods). Monday was proclaimed the Day of the Moon, Tuesday the Day of Mars, and so on. In modern Italian, Spanish and French, the names of the first five planets have been preserved as the names of the days of the week. In English, only Monday ( Monday), Saturday ( Saturday) and Sunday ( Sunday) have names equivalent to Latin ones. The remaining days in English also bear the names of the planets, but have already received names in honor of the gods of Scandinavian mythology: Tuesday ( Tuesday) is named after Tiu (Tiw), Wednesday ( Wednesday) in honor of Woden, Thursday ( Thursday) - in honor of Thor (Thor), and Friday ( Friday) - in honor of Freya (Freya).

Abbreviated days of the week in English

Monday - Monday / Mon / Mo
Tuesday - Tuesday / Tue / Tu
Wednesday - Wednesday / Wed / We
Thursday - Thursday / Thu / Th
Friday - Friday/Fri/Fri
Saturday - Saturday / Sat / Sa
Sunday - Sunday/Sun/Su

Cards and coloring pages with the days of the week in English

English nursery rhymes about days of the week and time of day

Monday's child is nice and slow,
Tuesday's child is go, go, go,
Wednesday's child is very funny,
Thursday's child is happy and sunny,
Friday's child is like a king,
Saturday's child can dance and sing,
Sunday's child can stand on her head,
And count the ghosts under her bed!

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for his living,
And a child that's born of the
Sabbath day Is fair and wise and good and gay.

(Translated by M. Boroditskaya)

Who was born on Monday
It will be white as a miller.
Who on Tuesday is fair.
And who on Wednesday is unhappy.
Who on Thursday is an eternal vagabond.
Friday - kindhearted.
Who on Saturday - to the point,
Sunday is good for everyone!

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Wash on Monday

wash on Monday,
iron on tuesday,
Bake Wednesday,
brew on thursday,
Churn on Friday,
mend on saturday,
Go to meeting on Sunday.

Good night, sleep tight

good night sleep tight
wake up bright,
In the morning light
To do what's right,
With all your might.

Day in English and Russian

In English there is no special word for the concept expressed by the Russian word day; the corresponding concept can be expressed in English in a descriptive way, as day and night or twenty-four hours.
The same span of twenty-four hours is divided differently in English and Russian. English speakers divide this period into three parts: morning(from 0 to 12 noon), noon(from noon to about 18 hours, that is, until sunset) and evening(from sunset to midnight, after which it comes again morning). As for the words day And night, then they denote a different division of the day, not into three, but into two parts: light ( day) and dark ( night). In addition, the word day used in the same way as abbreviation day and night, that is, in the meaning of the Russian day.
In Russian, the picture is different - the day is divided into four parts, namely: morning (from sunrise to about 10 or 11 hours), afternoon (from 10 or 11 hours to sunset), evening (from sunset to about 10 or 11 hours) and night (between evening and morning, that is, the time when people sleep).

G. H. Andersen's tale about the days of the week in English

The days of the week once wanted to be free to get together and have a party.
The days of the week also wanted to get together and feast at least once.
But each of the seven days was so occupied, the year around, that they had no time to spare.
But each of them was on the account, they were so busy all year round that they could not do it.
They wanted a whole extra day; but then they had that every four years,
They had to wait an extra day, and this is only issued once every four years.
the intercalary day that comes in February for the purpose of keeping order in chronology.
- in February of a leap year; it is estimated to equalize the scores