Comprehensive Trilingual Time and Calendar Vocabulary Guide: English, Spanish, and Korean
Temporal Units and Day Divisions (Page 37, Items 1–10)
Item (1) — Basic Unit of a Day
- English:
day(Korean pronunciation: 데이) - Spanish:
día(Korean pronunciation: 디아) - Korean Meaning:
일, 하루(day / one full day) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish, although
díaends in-a, it is an exception to standard gender rules and is grammatically masculine (el día,los días).
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Item (2) — Weekly Unit
- English:
week(Korean pronunciation: 위크) - Spanish:
semana(Korean pronunciation: 세마나) - Korean Meaning:
주(week) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish,
semanais grammatically feminine (la semana,las semanas).
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Item (3) — Monthly Unit
- English:
month(Korean pronunciation: 먼스) - Spanish:
mes(Korean pronunciation: 메스) - Korean Meaning:
달/월(month) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish,
mesis masculine (el mes, plurallos meses).
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Item (4) — Annual Unit
- English:
year(Korean pronunciation: 이어) - Spanish:
año(Korean pronunciation: 아뇨) - Korean Meaning:
해/년(year) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish,
añois masculine (el año,los años). The letterñproduces the palatal nasal sound transcribed in Korean as뇨.
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Item (5) — Working Days
- English:
weekday(Korean pronunciation: 위크데이) - Spanish:
día laborable(Korean pronunciation: 디아 라보라블레) - Korean Meaning:
평일(weekday / working day) - Linguistic Breakdown: Compound expression in Spanish consisting of the masculine noun
díaand the adjectivelaborable(workable / working).
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Item (6) — End of the Week
- English:
weekend(Korean pronunciation: 위크엔드) - Spanish:
fin de semana(Korean pronunciation: 핀 데 세마나) - Korean Meaning:
주말(weekend) - Linguistic Breakdown: Spanish phrase literally translating to "end of week" (
fin= end,de= of,semana= week).
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Item (7) — Morning Division
- English:
morning(Korean pronunciation: 모닝) - Spanish:
mañana(Korean pronunciation: 마냐나) - Korean Meaning:
오전, 아침(morning / a.m.) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish,
la mañanarefers to the morning. When used as an adverb without an article,mañanameans "tomorrow".
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Item (8) — Afternoon Division
- English:
afternoon(Korean pronunciation: 애프터눈) - Spanish:
tarde(Korean pronunciation: 따르데) - Korean Meaning:
오후(afternoon / p.m.) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish,
tardeis feminine (la tarde). As an adverb,tardemeans "late".
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Item (9) — Evening Division
- English:
evening(Korean pronunciation: 이브닝) - Spanish:
el atardecer(Korean pronunciation: 엘 아따르데세르) - Korean Meaning:
저녁(evening / dusk / twilight) - Linguistic Breakdown: Formed from the nominalized infinitive
atardecer(to grow dark / late afternoon into dusk) preceded by the masculine definite articleel.
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Item (10) — Night Division
- English:
night(Korean pronunciation: 나이트) - Spanish:
la noche(Korean pronunciation: 라 노체) - Korean Meaning:
밤(night) - Linguistic Note: In Spanish,
nocheis feminine (la noche).
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Seasons and Days of the Week (Page 38, Items 11–18)
Item (11) — Seasonal Division
- English:
season(Korean pronunciation: 시즌) - Spanish:
estación(Korean pronunciation: 에스타시온) - Korean Meaning:
계절 / 절기(season / seasonal division / solar term) - Linguistic Note: Nouns ending in
-ciónin Spanish are grammatically feminine (la estación, plurallas estaciones). It also denotes a "station" depending on context.
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Item (12) — First Day of the Workweek
- English:
Monday(Korean pronunciation: 먼데이) - Spanish:
lunes(Korean pronunciation: 루네스) - Korean Meaning:
월요일(Monday) - Linguistic Note: Days of the week in Spanish are masculine (
el lunes). Plural forms for weekdays ending in-sremain unchanged in spelling (los lunes).
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Item (13) — Second Day of the Workweek
- English:
Tuesday(Korean pronunciation: 튜즈데이) - Spanish:
martes(Korean pronunciation: 마르테스) - Korean Meaning:
화요일(Tuesday) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
el martes, plurallos martes). Derived etymologically from the Roman god Mars.
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Item (14) — Midweek Day
- English:
Wednesday(Korean pronunciation: 웬즈데이) - Spanish:
miércoles(Korean pronunciation: 미에르꼴레스) - Korean Meaning:
수요일(Wednesday) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
el miércoles, plurallos miércoles). Carries a written tilde (accent mark) on the lettereto indicate proparoxytone stress (esdrújula).
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Item (15) — Fourth Day of the Workweek
- English:
Thursday(Korean pronunciation: 써스데이) - Spanish:
jueves(Korean pronunciation: 후에베스) - Korean Meaning:
목요일(Thursday) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
el jueves, plurallos jueves). The Spanishjis pronounced as a voiceless velar/uvular fricative, transcribed phonetically in Korean withㅎ(후에베스).
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Item (16) — Final Day of the Workweek
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Friday(Korean pronunciation: 프라이데이) - Spanish:
viernes(Korean pronunciation: 비에르네스) - Korean Meaning:
금요일(Friday) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
el viernes, plurallos viernes). In Spanish phonology, the lettervis pronounced identically tob(bilabial plosive/approximant), transcribed in Korean asㅂ(비에르네스).
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Item (17) — First Day of the Weekend
- English:
Saturday(Korean pronunciation: 새터데이) - Spanish:
sábado(Korean pronunciation: 사바도) - Korean Meaning:
토요일(Saturday) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
el sábado, plurallos sábados). Features an accent mark on the first syllable (á) indicating antepenultimate stress.
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Item (18) — Second Day of the Weekend
- English:
Sunday(Korean pronunciation: 선데이) - Spanish:
domingo(Korean pronunciation: 도밍고) - Korean Meaning:
일요일(Sunday) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
el domingo, plurallos domingos). Etymologically linked to the Latin Dominus (Lord / Day of the Lord).
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Calendar Months (Page 38, Items 19–20)
Item (19) — First Month of the Year
- English:
January(Korean pronunciation: 재뉴어리) - Spanish:
enero(Korean pronunciation: 에네로) - Korean Meaning:
1월(January) - Linguistic Note: All months of the year in Spanish are grammatically masculine (
el mes de eneroor simplyenero). Unlike English, months are not capitalized in standard Spanish writing unless positioned at the beginning of a sentence.
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Item (20) — Second Month of the Year
- English:
February(Korean pronunciation: 페브루어리) - Spanish:
febrero(Korean pronunciation: 페브레로) - Korean Meaning:
2월(February) - Linguistic Note: Masculine noun (
febrero). Uncapitalized in standard Spanish running text.
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Comparative Multilingual Master Reference Table
Items 1 through 10 (Page 37):
(1)| English:day(데이) | Spanish:día(디아) | Korean:일, 하루(2)| English:week(위크) | Spanish:semana(세마나) | Korean:주(3)| English:month(먼스) | Spanish:mes(메스) | Korean:달/월(4)| English:year(이어) | Spanish:año(아뇨) | Korean:해/년(5)| English:weekday(위크데이) | Spanish:día laborable(디아 라보라블레) | Korean:평일(6)| English:weekend(위크엔드) | Spanish:fin de semana(핀 데 세마나) | Korean:주말(7)| English:morning(모닝) | Spanish:mañana(마냐나) | Korean:오전, 아침(8)| English:afternoon(애프터눈) | Spanish:tarde(따르데) | Korean:오후(9)| English:evening(이브닝) | Spanish:el atardecer(엘 아따르데세르) | Korean:저녁(10)| English:night(나이트) | Spanish:la noche(라 노체) | Korean:밤
Items 11 through 20 (Page 38):
(11)| English:season(시즌) | Spanish:estación(에스타시온) | Korean:계절 / 절기(12)| English:Monday(먼데이) | Spanish:lunes(루네스) | Korean:월요일(13)| English:Tuesday(튜즈데이) | Spanish:martes(마르테스) | Korean:화요일(14)| English:Wednesday(웬즈데이) | Spanish:miércoles(미에르꼴레스) | Korean:수요일(15)| English:Thursday(써스데이) | Spanish:jueves(후에베스) | Korean:목요일(16)| English:Friday(프라이데이) | Spanish:viernes(비에르네스) | Korean:금요일(17)| English:Saturday(새터데이) | Spanish:sábado(사바도) | Korean:토요일(18)| English:Sunday(선데이) | Spanish:domingo(도밍고) | Korean:일요일(19)| English:January(재뉴어리) | Spanish:enero(에네로) | Korean:1월(20)| English:February(페브루어리) | Spanish:febrero(페브레로) | Korean:2월