january

«january» in Mova's school dictionary: the first month of the year, with 31 days, between… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

• 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

Every meaning and example of «january» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.