The Days Of The Week In Italian

In an Italian calendar, the week always begins with Monday and ends with Sunday. Also, the days of the week, aka i giorni della settimana, are fairly easy to remember. You could even make a catchy tune with some clapping to help you remember these Italian days!

Tips:

• Italian is a phonetic language, so the letters are pronounced as they are written.
• When a definite article (il or la) isn’t used at the beginning of the day, the day referred to in the sentence is the one coming up.
• When a definite article (il or la) is used at the beginning of the day, this signifies that the action is repeated in time.
• Days from Monday (lunedì) to Saturday (sabato) are masculine and use the masculine article il:
• il lunedì
• il martedì
• il mercoledì
• il giovedì
• il venerdì
• il sabato
• Sunday (domenica) is a feminine word and uses the feminine article la:
• la domenica
• Days of the week in Italian are not capitalized.
• Monday (lunedì) to Friday (venerdì) all end in “dì,” which consists of d+ì (the letter ì has the grave accent `).

The days of the week (i giorni della settimana)

• Monday: lunedì (loon-eh-dee)
• Tuesday: martedì (mahr-teh-dee)
• Wednesday: mercoledì (mehr-kohl-eh-dee)
• Thursday: giovedì (joh-veh-dee)
• Friday: venerdì (vehn-ehr-dee)
• Saturday: sabato (sah-bah-toh)
• Sunday: domenica (doh-meh-nee-kah)

More Vocabulary:

• day: giorno (jyor-noh)
• morning: mattina (maht-tee-nah)
• evening: sera (seh-rah)
• week: settimana (seht-tee-mah-nah)
• weekend: fine settimana (fee-neh seht-tee-mah-nah)
• today: oggi (oh-jee)
• yesterday: ieri (yeh-ree)
• tomorrow: domani (doh-mah-nee)
• day after tomorrow: dopodomani (doh-poh-doh-mah-nee)
• early: presto (preh-stoh)
• late: tardi (tahr-dee)
• during the week: durante la settimana (doo-rahn-teh lah seht-tee-mah-nah)
• this week: questa settimana (kweh-stah seht-tee-mah-nah)
• next week: la prossima settimana (lah proh-see-mah seht-tee-mah-nah)
• what day is today? che giorno è oggi (keh jyor-noh eh oh-jee)
• what day is the party? quale giorno è la festa (kwah-leh jyor-noh eh lah fehs-tah)
• what day of the week is it today? che giorno della settimana è oggi (keh jyor-noh dehl-lah seht-tee-mah-nah eh oh-jee)
• what are you doing this weekend? cosa fai questo fine settimana (koh-zah fai kweh-stoh fee-neh seht-tee-mah-nah)