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'O tiémpo e 'o calannàrio (time and the calendar)

'O rilorrgio (the clock)

English	Neapolitan
a second	'nu siconno
a minute	'nu minuto
a half-hour	'na mez óra
an hour	'n óra

'A semmàna (the week)

English	Neapolitan
day	'o juorno
days	'e juorne
morning	'a matina
tomorrow morning	dimanummatina
noon, midday	'o miezojuòrno
afternoon	'a cuntróra
evening	'a séra
last evening	ajeressera
tomorrow evening	dimanassera
night	'a notte
yesterday	ajere
the day before yesterday	ll'autriere
today	ogge
tomorrow	dimane/craje†
the day after tomorrow	doppedimane/pescraje†

†Dimane is used more in Naples proper whereas craje is more common in northern Calabria. Craje comes from the Latin adverb cras (tomorrow) while dimane is constructed from the Latin words de + mane (mane= morning, de mane- in the morning) in the same manner as it is many other Romance languages.

'O calannàrio (the calendar)

English	Neapolitan
a week	'a semmàna
weeks	'e ssemmàne
Monday	lunnerì
Tuesday	marterì
Wednesday	miercurì
Thursday	gioverì
Friday	viernarì
Saturday	sàbbato
Sunday	dumméneca

'E mise (the months)

English	Neapolitan
a month	'o mese
months	'e mise
January	jennaro/gennaio
February	febbraio/frevaro
March	màrzo
April	abbrile
May	majo/maggio
June	giùgno
July	luglio
August	aùsto
September	settembre
October	ottombre/ottobbre/ottovre
November	nuvembre
December	dicembre

'E staggióne (the seasons)

English	Neapolitan
spring	'a primmavèra
summer	'a staggiòne, 'a state
autumn	'a sfrunnata, ll'autunno
winter	'o viérno

Ll'anno (the year)

English	Neapolitan
a year	ll'anno
years	ll'anne
a century	'o século
centuries	'e sécule

• The days of the week and the names of the months are all lower case.