january
part of speech
proper noun (January — always with a capital J)
meaning for a pupil
January is the first month of the year, with 31 days, between December and February. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life January starts the new year; it is winter in the northern hemisphere (UK, USA, Canada, Ireland) but summer in Australia and New Zealand, when children have long summer holidays. Phrases: «in January», «New Year's Day in January», «January sales».
examples
- This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- January has 31 days. tree →
- It often snows in January in Canada. tree →
- In Australia, January is summer. tree →
- My birthday is in January. tree →
- The January sales start after Christmas. tree →
- We go back to school in January. tree →
- January is named after the Roman god Janus. tree →
- Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. tree →
note
Always a capital J: January, not january. Abbreviation: Jan. Maths: January has 31 days, so it is about 4 weeks and 3 days.
In the corpora
- Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.
- "xīnnián kuàilè" means Happy New Year and is said to everyone at Chinese New Year and also on 1 January.
- Australia Day on 26 January marks the arrival of the First Fleet, and many Aboriginal people call it Invasion Day.
- Winter isn't cold because the Sun is far away: the Earth is actually closest to the Sun in early January!
- Seasons are not caused by distance from the Sun; the Earth is nearest to the Sun in January.
Trees and pragmatics
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