Days and Months of the week. こんばんはみなさん. きょうのにほんごのレッスンはにちとがべきょうしたです. Good Evening everyone Today's Japanese Lesson I studied the days and months. (Actually it was a lesson earlier this week, but I decided to post this note today. Before I talk about that, I hope someone who is reading this won't mind correcting the potential mistake in the second sentence. While I know the subject needs to go first (in this case kyou no nihongo no ressun -Today's Japanese Lesson-) and Benkyou shita is meant to be the past indicative 'informal' version of 'to study' I wasn't sure if I needed to add 'Watashi' anywhere to show that I was the one who studied... And maybe I should have added 'during' to the sentence to make it sound more natural... Anyway~ I have to admit that while the months is easy, the weekdays are a lot more difficult, so let's try to refresh my memory. January = いちがつ　or 一月 February = にがつ or 二月 March = さんがつ or　三月 April = しがつ or　四月 May = ごがつ or　五月 June = ろくがつ or　六月 July =　 しちがつ or　七月 August = はちがつ or　八月 September = くがつ or　九月 October =　 じゅうがつ or　十月 November =　じゅういちがつ or　十一月 December=　じゅうにがつ or　十二月 It's pretty much counting to ten and adding gatsu~ But I got to make sure to keep in mind that it's Shigatsu, and not Yongatsu, and Shichigatsu and not Nanagatsu. I'm going to try to memorize the kanji also. Now the difficult part: The days of the week~ Sunday=にちようび Monday=げつようび Tuesday=かようび Wednesday=すいようび Thursday=もくようび Friday=きんようび Saturday=どようび According to my friend the kanji are easy to remember if you keep in mind they represent various elements Sunday = Sun Monday = Moon Tuesday = Fire Wednesday = Water Thursday = Wood Friday = Gold Saturday = Earth Complicated but... I'll memorize them in due time~ For now I'm glad I can recognize and pronounce them. おやすみなさい