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I mean at least in japanese they used to have names but changed to the numbering system at one point.
You still see the old names pop up from time to time in literature and stuff. btw I found a reference https://blog.japanwondertravel.com/the-old-japanese-names-for-the-months-meanings-and-origins-21973
While in German months have names, when talking about specific dates (getting a dentist appointment for instance) you often use numerals. Does the 15th of the fourth at 11 work for you?
Kannst du ein Beispiel auf Deutsch geben? Ich lerne Deutsch.
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I can't be the only one
Numbered months should be much easier, but man my brain just can't vibe with it
That's just neat. It even looks cool in markdown.
this you?
Despite all her frustration with the language, she speaks it very well. And she's totally right of course, Wikipedia even includes the demonym in the cheat sheet on every country page, just because no one ever knows them.
Is it the same for the days of the week?
In Czech we have:
after no work
second (archaic)
middle
fourth
fifth
Sabbath
no work
Sunday is actually the first day of the week. This is the the reason Wednesday is in the middle of the week and is called "Mittwoch" (Middle week) in German.
Achtually, it depends on the country. Wednesday is still in the middle of the work week if you start on Mondays
I prefer Monday as well, but "end" doesn't always mean "last point in a series". it also means the furthest point of something, but could be on any direction, hence "both ends" is a thing. so weekends can mean the two days on either side of the week, Sunday being first and Saturday being last.
I know that Arabic also has numbers for most days, 1 for Sunday, all the way to 5 for Thursday, but instead of 6 and 7 they named Friday "congregation" (the day Muslims congregate to pray together) and Saturday "sabbath" interestingly enough.
But wouldn't it have to be called "weekends" for your explanation to work?
probably. but then weekends as we say today would have to be called weekendses.
But a weeks ARE a series of days, and thus have a beginning and an end. A stick can have two ends, a week has a clear beginning. And it's on Monday.
I'm in Finland, the week starts at Monday, Wednesday is "keskiviikko" (mid-week), and I always thought it was called that because it's in the middle of the work week. Because naming the middle of the work week is very important, and nobody gives a damn about the calendar in the weekend, because it's time to chill.
Sunday is the first day for those who inherited Saturday as a holy day.
The reason Mittwoch is called Mittwoch is that missionaries thought "Wodansdag" is just a little to bit on the nose pagan.