Grammar Lesson 4:

Days of the Week

In Italian the days of the week are usually listed starting from Monday. Like this:

Lunedì (Monday)
Martedì (Tuesday)
Mercoledì (Wednesday)
Giovedì (Thursday)
Venerdì (Friday)
Sabato (Saturday)
Domenica (Sunday)

NOTE that they're not capitalised unless they are placed at the beginning of a sentence (as
above).

Examples:

"Ci vediamo sabato"
(See you on Saturday)

"Sabato 25 gennaio mi sono sposato"
(On Saturday, January 25th, I got married).

"Quando l'hai visto per l'ultima volta?" "Era un lunedì"
(When did you see him last? It was a Monday)

"Oggi è mercoledì."
(Today is Wednesday)

WHEN?
Lunedì	on Monday
di martedì	on Tuesdays
giovedì scorso	last Thursday
venerdì prossimo	next Friday
sabato della prossima settimana	a week on Saturday
domenica tra tre settimane	three weeks on Sunday

HOW OFTEN?
tutti i lunedì / ogni lunedì (less frequent)	every Monday
ogni due martedì	every other Tuesday

—> NOTE that after ogni (every) in this context in Italian you have to use cardinal numbers
instead of ordinal.

CARDINAL	ORDINAL
due = two	secondo = second

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