Portuguese months are so easy to recognize and learn: Can you guess Agosto? Try some more

Problem
I had a stressful day. I don't want to eat. I want to achieve something.

Answer
How about learning Portuguese months of the year. I just found some on a calendar on the back of a taxi's business card which I collected in Madeira.

Portuguese
Janeiro
Fevereiro
Marco
Abril
Maio
Junho
Julho
Agosto
Setembro
Outubro
Novembro
Dezembro

Now here's the English - Portuguese
January - Janeiro (JAN is common to both)
February - Fevereiro (FE is common to both. Like a fever. The first two months end eiro.)
March - Marco  (MARC is common to both - add an O for the ending of the first three months)
April - Abril (Just tip the p in April upright like a bulb to get b like a spring bulb)
May - Maio (MA starts both the words, and as usual the month ends in o)
June - Junho (JUN starts both, summer, ho ho)
July - Julho (JUL starts both and ho ho its still summer)
August - Agosto (Both start with A and include G and ST but Portuguese likes the letter o o for English u u)
September - Setembro - (the last four months don't just end o, the end bro instead of English ber. Portugues brothers.)
October - Outubro
November - Novembro
December - Dezembro

You'll have no trouble spotting dates on signs and calendars and newspapers and magazines.

Author
Angela Lansbury, author, speaker, English and languages teacher, trainer and workshop leader. See my previous posts on Portuguese and Madeira and learning languages.