Monday, January 22, 2007

January 2007

Instead of a textbook assignment tonight, I decided to make a simple calendar for January to practice the days of the week. Seeing them in this form makes it easier for me to remember them.

PazarPazartesiSalıÇarşambaPerşembeCumaCumartesi
_123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031___

2 comments:

Barry said...

Days of the week are cool. Here are a couple of tidbits:

"Pazar" means market (bazaar). Remember that the work week begins, on Islamic time, on Sunday (the "weekend" is Friday and Saturday).

"Ertesi" means "the next one." So Pazar -> Pazartesi, Cuma -> Cumartesi. (The "e" in "ertesi" gets dropped since there's already a vowel at the end of the word you're attaching it to.)

Also, this won't really be helpful to you, but I like Çarsamba and Persembe because they come from Persian (and anything that comes from Persian is cool). "Chahar" and "panj" mean four and five, respectively, and "shambe" means "(week) day." So chahar-shamba, "fourth day," becomes çarsamba, and panj-shamba (fifth day) becomes persembe. Ahhhhhh.

Dennis said...

Cool tidbits. Thanks especıally for sharing your insight about the Persian roots of Çarşamba and Perşembe!

Teşekkürler!