The Reason We Have 7 Days in a Week

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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  4 місяці тому +610

    Shout-out to Planet George! ♅ 🪐 Are we happy this planet got renamed?

    • @Abhay0505
      @Abhay0505 4 місяці тому +15

      I wanna be it's president 😂

    • @stewi009
      @stewi009 4 місяці тому +41

      They wouldn't let him call it George, so instead they called it... Uranus? In terms of how many jokes would be made about this planet's name, it probably came out about even.

    • @AdamDylanMajor
      @AdamDylanMajor 4 місяці тому +13

      in the past, the order is as follows:
      Moon
      Venus/Mecury
      Mercury/Venus (not sure)
      Sun
      Mars
      Jupiter
      Saturn
      In Zechariah Sitchin's work, even if Earth is said to be the seventh planet, if you use our counting, the seventh planet would correspond to Saturn, which looks yellow. No wonder Zechariah Sitchin's seventh planet (Earth) is full of gold...

    • @georgedeedsnotwords2162
      @georgedeedsnotwords2162 4 місяці тому +4

      No I'm not ! It had the best name ! 🤔Now it's named after the president .

    • @TheRealDuckofDeath
      @TheRealDuckofDeath 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@georgedeedsnotwords2162 Ah! Didn't even think of that. Putin is also from olde latin...... 🤔
      Though, I have got to admit I've never heard them call Uranus that other word.

  • @dusermiginte4647
    @dusermiginte4647 4 місяці тому +590

    In Sweden. Many days are named after our ancient gods..
    Monday - Moon day. "Måndag".
    Tuesday - Tyr. "Tisdag".
    Wednesday - Oden. (Onsdag).
    Thursday - Thor. (Torsdag).
    Friday - Freja. (Fredag).
    Saturday - Is the day we take a bath(??) (Lördag)
    Sunday - Is named after the Sun.
    Sol, Sunna/Sunne in Sweden. (Söndag).

    • @davidstauffer4147
      @davidstauffer4147 4 місяці тому +20

      We come from the Land of the Ice and Snow!

    • @RuerlKhan
      @RuerlKhan 4 місяці тому +22

      Indeed, I would in fact say that this episode of StarTalk is perhaps one of the weakest so far in terms of solid evidence based argumentation. It is clear that Mr. Tyson does not know norse mythology very well with where he draws the comparisons, but then... That's not his expertise. ;)

    • @66hss
      @66hss 4 місяці тому +23

      Old norse: laugardagr "pool day" so bathing day is correct for Saturday. The same in Finnish loan word "lauantai" .

    • @MattWhite-vh6xh
      @MattWhite-vh6xh 4 місяці тому +10

      It's the same in English, other than Saturday. The same gods. Of course Wednesday is Woden's day, as you Scandinavians have this habit of dropping W from the beginning of some words...like wool = ull and in Norsk wolf = ulv. I'm guessing Norse influenced Thursday, as it's no longer the full Thunor's day, like in Dutch and German.

    • @sabestianbravo3548
      @sabestianbravo3548 4 місяці тому +6

      I have a question: why are they named in a particular sequence "Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturday"

  • @chadex77
    @chadex77 4 місяці тому +545

    Never thought I’d be entertained by people talking about the days of the week. Bravo gentlemen, bravo! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @andyveh221
      @andyveh221 3 місяці тому +2

      I teach the week days in the same way Neil does it. So from now on, here is Neil and Chuck's video, and then "I would have told you the same exact thing".

    • @lewjones3
      @lewjones3 3 місяці тому +2

      Listen to Chronicles Of Judah 144

    • @ΑνεστηςΜαυριδης-τ2κ
      @ΑνεστηςΜαυριδης-τ2κ 3 місяці тому +2

      Entertained.

    • @africangirl189
      @africangirl189 3 місяці тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @faded300G
      @faded300G 3 місяці тому

      You'll be more entertained to study how your ancestors developed these systems long before Europeans came out of their caves. Come visit the Mother Land, "Inzalo ye langa" in Mpumalanga, South Africa for a real education on the origins of Cosmology and Astrology. 70 000 years of history cannot be undone and that's just the beginning..

  • @refaceremix4810
    @refaceremix4810 Місяць тому +7

    I don't know why, but every time i accidently click on Neil deGrasse Tyson, I end up learning something new.. So amazing!! I enjoyed this video....

  • @akashpatel70239
    @akashpatel70239 3 місяці тому +613

    In India also we have different names based on the planet. Of course we have many different languages but the naming rules sames. This follow list is in Gujarati language.
    Sunday : Ravivar ( Ravi means sun , Var means day)
    Monday : Somwar ( moon day)
    Tuesday: Mangalvar ( Mars day)
    Wednesday: Budhvar ( Mercury day)
    Thursday : Guruvar ( Jupiter day)
    Friday : Shukrvar ( Venus day)
    Saturday: shanivar ( saturn day)
    ( edited: I want to clarify that India had also two additional planets in terms of astrology. Rahu and Ketu. These are shadow planets that were used to calculate eclipses. Interesting concept rather unheard of. )

    • @veervikram2721
      @veervikram2721 3 місяці тому +3

      Bhai ye admi creation key time sey gyaani hai mat ched 😂

    • @woozie1637
      @woozie1637 3 місяці тому +49

      When they say Greek note it as Greek Egypt Indus all are same time and they ignore Indus because inferiority complex

    • @LeeSideKitchen04
      @LeeSideKitchen04 3 місяці тому +42

      Indian names so accurately match with the planets that I doubt the ideas were copied abroad. But yeah, u could be right, Indus is one one of the ancient, must be the father of all other civilization.

    • @prothyyy
      @prothyyy 3 місяці тому +3

      It could be the common Indo-European root with Hindi or Urdu, if you also consider the Norse and Anglo-Saxon (=English) names for the word. What speaks against this are the Slavic languages though, which follow a different logic (e.g. Wednesday in Proto-Slavic serda means middle of the week). So some Indian languages probably picked this up from the Indo-Greek connection through Alexander the Great and later, and ancient Germanic languages from the Romans, who again picked it up from the Greeks.

    • @moumita_sen
      @moumita_sen 3 місяці тому +5

      Also, Brihaspatiwar for (Jupiter) Thursday.

  • @BrickImmortar
    @BrickImmortar 4 місяці тому +2200

    "Neptune and thennn..." "We're done."
    Pluto has left the chat.

    • @KBWeeds
      @KBWeeds 4 місяці тому +40

      🤣🤣🤣 I died laughing at that!

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 4 місяці тому +48

      Like Classic Coke, I still consider Pluto a classic planet.

    • @mantashashireen3289
      @mantashashireen3289 4 місяці тому +20

      Pluto is a dwarf planet, It was not considered as a planet after 2006

    • @paulford9120
      @paulford9120 4 місяці тому +93

      Pluto: I was big enough for your mother!

    • @JBG-AjaxzeMedia
      @JBG-AjaxzeMedia 4 місяці тому

      Neil has a never ending war with pluto, thou shalt not speak thy name of big rock smaller than other big rocks

  • @manipurihunabopa
    @manipurihunabopa 2 місяці тому +41

    Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice are the perfect match for discussing complex science stuffs. I love your talk man. Just keep it up

  • @yogeshavl
    @yogeshavl 4 місяці тому +453

    In Hindi it's straightforward.
    Sunday- Raviwar, Ravi means Sun and war means day.
    Monday - Somwar, Som means Moon
    Tuesday - Mangalwar, Mangal means Mars
    Wednesday - Budhwar, Budh means Mercury
    Thursday - Guruwar/Brihaspatiwar, Guru of all the planets Jupiter, Bharaspati means Guru.
    Friday - Shukrawar, Shukra means Venus
    Saturday - Shaniwar, Shani means Saturn

    • @yashuchiha99
      @yashuchiha99 4 місяці тому +49

      the Europeans copied India's system

    • @TheLowBrassDude
      @TheLowBrassDude 4 місяці тому +4

      I didn't know that, Thanks!

    • @wyett123
      @wyett123 4 місяці тому +25

      ​@@yashuchiha99Actually I believe it was the Greeks that taught them that system after Alexander took over the middle east and attempted to encroach into India.

    • @nafridi1
      @nafridi1 4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks so much for this.

    • @AndrewBlacker-t1d
      @AndrewBlacker-t1d 4 місяці тому +1

      Yogeshavi.
      Thank you!

  • @DubultaisT
    @DubultaisT 4 місяці тому +151

    Start talk, history and linguistics in one video. My neurons are screaming Thank You, Neil and Chuck ❤

    • @Cyraxior
      @Cyraxior 4 місяці тому

      You know he's just plagiarizing Carl Sagan, right? Man doesn't have a unique thought in his head (unless it concerns gender studies.)

  • @palamecianrider7385
    @palamecianrider7385 3 місяці тому +4

    9 minutes of me learning so much about the days of the week

  • @lioncat2457
    @lioncat2457 4 місяці тому +31

    In Romanian is :
    Luni - Monday
    Marți - Tuesday
    Miercuri - Wendnesday
    Joi - Thursday
    Vineri - Friday
    Sâmbătă - Saturday
    Duminică - Sunday
    All the best to you !

  • @themoneyman1752
    @themoneyman1752 3 місяці тому +77

    Chuck Nice is hilarious. His sense of humor is so quick witted, I wish I had that talent 😂😂😂

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  • @tharindudayarathna5225
    @tharindudayarathna5225 4 місяці тому +100

    In Sinhala (in Sri Lanka)
    Sunday = Irida, ira = sun
    Monday = Sanduda, Sandu = Moon
    Tuesday = Angaharuwada, Angaharu = Mars
    Wednesday = Badada, Buda = Mercury
    Thursday = Brahaspathinda, Brahaspathi = Jupiter
    Friday = Sikurada, Sikuru = Venus
    Saturday = Senasurada, Senasuru = Saturn

    • @petertawiah
      @petertawiah 4 місяці тому +3

      Wow! Is this coincidence or linkage. In the Akan culture of Ghana 'day' is also called 'da'. eg. Friday is known as Efiada, which means the day of Afia and we do same for all the seven

    • @FNMarketMaven
      @FNMarketMaven 3 місяці тому

      Woww! Thanks for sharing that's crazy

    • @infiniteblades
      @infiniteblades 3 місяці тому

      😮

    • @kushanpasantha7213
      @kushanpasantha7213 3 місяці тому

      Maybe it's the origin

    • @mirrorofpsychology
      @mirrorofpsychology 2 місяці тому

      It seems da, din, day all have same origin

  • @vin651
    @vin651 4 місяці тому +188

    I’m a native Spanish speaker and am studying Japanese and when it came to learning the days of the week in Japanese I noticed this pattern of naming them in accordance with the original seven planets.
    As opposed to English and Spanish where the days of the week are named after the gods associated with each planet, the Japanese named them after their associated elements (with the exception of the Moon and the Sun). For example, 火 means “fire”, the element associated with 火星(kasei), the “Fire Star” Mars. Thus, Tuesday in Japanese is 火曜日(kayoubi) the “Fire Day”
    Then repeat this for the other planets.
    水 = Water, 水星(suisei) = Mercury, 水曜日(suiyoubi) = Wednesday
    木 = Tree/Wood, 木星(mokusei) = Jupiter, 木曜日(mokuyoubi) = Thursday
    金 = Gold, 金星(kinsei) = Venus, 金曜日(kinyoubi) = Friday
    土 = Earth, 土星(dosei) = Saturn, 土曜日(doyoubi) = Saturday.
    Monday and Sunday are simply named after 月(“the Moon”) and 日(“the Sun”) respectively, leaving 月曜日(getsuyoubi) as Monday and 日曜日(nichiyoubi) as Sunday.
    Somewhat related side note: Because Uranus and Neptune were discovered far after the others, they didn’t have an associated element, so in this case they were named after the gods. Uranus was named after Ouranos, the God of the Sky, so in Japanese 天王星 (tennousei) means the “The Sky King’s Star” Uranus. Neptune was of course named after Neptune, the God of the Sea, so 海王星 (kaiousei) is the “Sea King’s Star” Neptune.

    • @TrocarSlushWeasel
      @TrocarSlushWeasel 4 місяці тому

      I asked some of my Japanese teachers how the Japanese names and Western names matched up so well but nobody knew the answer. Of course, they taught Japanese and not history but I assume that it came from the West via China at some point long ago.

    • @juankwanmendoza5219
      @juankwanmendoza5219 4 місяці тому

      Amazing can you teach me Japanese too?🙏🤟💯😎

    • @d.b.4671
      @d.b.4671 4 місяці тому +5

      You're close: "kin" does normally mean "gold," but in this specific case it would translate as "metal."

    • @masonheipel
      @masonheipel 4 місяці тому +1

      it's global, oldest known is in India. the names aren't arbitrary but instead calculated

    • @secularmonk5176
      @secularmonk5176 4 місяці тому +9

      @@masonheipel
      The Babylonians created the seven-day week named for the moving lights of the sky more than 5,000 years ago. It is such a convenient coincidence that seven divides evenly into the 28 days of the lunar cycle that the system was adopted over and over again by Eurasian cultures as it spread along trade routes.

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  • @EPS5000
    @EPS5000 4 місяці тому +715

    Did you know that Sunday and Saturday are the strongest days? All the other days are weekdays (weak days) 😂

    • @salamander337
      @salamander337 4 місяці тому +40

      Ah, that what the Weekend means. (Weak end) 😂😂😂

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      @thereadersvoice 4 місяці тому +30

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    • @jamescohen45
      @jamescohen45 4 місяці тому +2

      I like it.

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      @thomasmicaelcannon7867 4 місяці тому +4

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    • @Lex-g7c
      @Lex-g7c 4 місяці тому +4

      It also means that Monday thru Friday is a strong beginning

  • @ClanPlayzz
    @ClanPlayzz 4 місяці тому +89

    There is also a link between the seven planets with the seven known metals of the ancient times.
    Sun - Gold
    Moon - Silver
    Mercury - Mercury
    Venus - Copper
    Mars - Iron
    Jupiter - Tin
    Saturn - Lead
    Therefore, in Hindi, the metal gold is called 'sona' while the metal silver is called 'Chandi'. (Chand means moon)

    • @007kash007
      @007kash007 4 місяці тому

      Any link between them and the four hunours or Temperaments. Ayurvedic?

    • @ClanPlayzz
      @ClanPlayzz 4 місяці тому +2

      The four humors or temperaments are related to the four element system of the previous times. Each humor/temperament is related to one of the four elements: earth, water, air and fire.

    • @mikkelbreiler8916
      @mikkelbreiler8916 4 місяці тому

      You should not bathe in lead on saturday, it is poison to the brain.

    • @rulev3504
      @rulev3504 3 місяці тому +1

      Could it be possible that each 1 of those planets makeup be the reason the planets are balanced and spaced the way they are

    • @ianwehlin8605
      @ianwehlin8605 2 місяці тому

      Tyrs day, wöden, Thor, freyas

  • @vanikira5488
    @vanikira5488 Місяць тому +2

    Its soo cool.... The same days of the week is given like our traditional calendar....
    Thingal: Monday
    Sevvaai: Tuesday
    Budhan: Wednesday
    Vyaazhan: Thursday
    Velli: Friday
    Sani: Saturday
    Gnyaayiru: Sunday
    In the Tamil calendar, the days of the week are associated with celestial bodies in the solar system, starting with the sun and moving in order to the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. ITS SAME sir... Amazing 😇

  • @simonrancourt7834
    @simonrancourt7834 4 місяці тому +209

    In French,
    Monday is called (lundi), "Lune" is French for "Moon".
    Tuesday is called "mardi" (Mars)
    Wednesday is called "mercredi" (Mercury)
    Thursday is called "jeudi" (Jupiter)
    Friday is called "vendredi" (Venus)

    • @Malik-Ibi
      @Malik-Ibi 4 місяці тому +17

      What about samedi and dimonche?

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 4 місяці тому +17

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    • @Mr_Rouge
      @Mr_Rouge 4 місяці тому +17

      @@Malik-Ibi Samedi = Saturne
      Dimanche = ... in latin, Solis dies (day of the Sun) has then been replaced by dies Dominicus... and then over the centuries slowly became Dimanche. (that is why the 'di' is at the begining)

    • @breuschbarbare0248
      @breuschbarbare0248 4 місяці тому +5

      @@ge2623 yes, like the USA in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan?

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 4 місяці тому +1

      @@breuschbarbare0248 Those don't count. They were for money. 😁

  • @moorzeK
    @moorzeK 4 місяці тому +327

    Hey, I love Neil and Chuck, been with you guys for some time now.. But guys, you didn't explained "The reason we have 7 days in a week", ancient cultures often used 8 or 10 days in a week. 7 days in a week actually came from Babylonians. The Babylonians divided the 28-day lunar cycle into four weeks, each consisting of seven days. The number seven was significant as it represented the seven major celestial bodies that had been observed by the Babylonians. Later in history it even got a religious boost when the Bible described God creating the world in six days and rested on the seventh. For centuries the Romans used a period of eight days in civil practice, but in 321 CE Emperor Constantine established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar. I know nowadays the Ancient Mesopotamia history is not taught in school anymore, people tend to forget that. Just saying facts, no hate or anything! Stay sharp guys, good luck :)

    • @RockinRonny420
      @RockinRonny420 4 місяці тому +14

      Marking time in lunar cycles was why Moses was so old . Divide his age by 13 and you will get his real age in years.

    • @vivekvicky2595
      @vivekvicky2595 4 місяці тому +14

      I don't know man, we Indians have been using them for so long and we even call them exactly what we call planets in our language.

    • @gregorypdearth
      @gregorypdearth 4 місяці тому +10

      I agree. The video explained why our seven days of the week are named what they are named but not how we got to seven days in the first place. It was more of a convergence of coincidences, where the goofy math of the ancient humans worked well with the celestial observations of the slightly less-ancient people, and then the plethora of god names we all came up with later were implemented after the fact. I doubt Babylonians bothered with god names for their week days but we will never know. Those guys seemed to be all about business and trade and probably just called them day one, day two, etc.

    • @isaacnazar
      @isaacnazar 4 місяці тому +10

      Thank u for the explanation ❤❤❤❤

    • @RollMeOne_Kenobi
      @RollMeOne_Kenobi 4 місяці тому +11

      Maybe I'm tripping here, but I'm pretty sure the reason they gave for having 7 days in a week is because there was 7 observable celestial bodies. 7:10 to the end of the video is literally titled "Why We Have Seven Days" lol

  • @dannahfam
    @dannahfam Місяць тому +5

    It’s similar in Japanese:
    Sunday=日nichi for sun
    Monday=月 getsu for moon
    Tuesday=火 ka for fire
    Wednesday=水 mitsu for water
    Thursday=木 moku for wood or tree
    Friday=金 kin for gold
    Saturday=土 do for earth or soil
    Each kanji ends in 曜日, or “youbi,” which means “day.”

    • @bernardfinucane2061
      @bernardfinucane2061 Місяць тому

      Adopted from Buddhists.

    • @jigokgami6301
      @jigokgami6301 Місяць тому +1

      Also if you add star 星to the end of the kanji for Tuesday - Saturday you get the names of the planets
      火星 - Mars
      水星 - Mercury
      木星 - Jupiter
      金星 - Venus
      土星 - Saturn

  • @RighteousBeardArts
    @RighteousBeardArts 4 місяці тому +333

    As an French teacher in elementary school, whenever I introduce French days of the week, I talk about the Norse, Roman, and Greek connections.

    • @jaspreet_singh_247
      @jaspreet_singh_247 3 місяці тому +9

      I bet u dont show indian connection, outdates greek by many thousand years, do some research into that

    • @kareemetyoann5163
      @kareemetyoann5163 3 місяці тому +2

      Say more please

    •  3 місяці тому

      ​@@jaspreet_singh_247yea no

    • @KingQov
      @KingQov 3 місяці тому +3

      Shows the worship of the gods they truly serve.

    • @ThapeloMaxwellMabuza
      @ThapeloMaxwellMabuza 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@jaspreet_singh_247 Egyptian astrology is older than Greek wheel but the Greek perfected it by understanding the ages,today Greek astrology is accurate I'm pisces

  • @rickmastenbroek5447
    @rickmastenbroek5447 4 місяці тому +266

    Hello Gentlemen, fun fact:
    Thursday in dutch is called Donderdag... wich translates back to Thunderday. So we named it after the sound Thor makes, but not after his own name.

    • @Sacremas
      @Sacremas 4 місяці тому +47

      Yes and no; it's named after Donar, the Thunderer, which is the proto-Germanic for Thor (just like how Wotan is the Germanic name for Odin, in Norway, Denmark and Sweden it's not Wednesday, it's Onsdag, directly from Oden's Dag or Odin's Day). Donar among the Germanic tribes, Thuner in the Old Frisian tribes, Thunar in Old Saxon, and then Þórr in Norse, the latter of which then became Thor (and despite the weird letters phonetically sounds very similar also).

    • @mantara100
      @mantara100 4 місяці тому +6

      thur is named for thor wich means thunder just like donar the dutch or GERMANIC name for thor all of witch mean Thunder so it is named for his NAME!

    • @mantara100
      @mantara100 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Sacremas Both Wodan or Wotan after wich Wednesday, or in dutch Woensdag is named and Odin mean Furious or Angry.. Or the Furious one.

    • @Sacremas
      @Sacremas 4 місяці тому

      @@mantara100 Huh, didn't know that, I figured it would be the "Wise One" (due to the rune stuff, secret stuff, spying via Hugin and Munin, etc).

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 4 місяці тому

      @@mantara100 My friend`s cat should be called Odin lol

  • @fellipecanal
    @fellipecanal 7 днів тому +2

    In Portuguese we have 2nd day, 3rd day, 4th day, 5th day, 6th day, Sábado (Sabbath) and Domingo ( Domini)

  • @swampsausage554
    @swampsausage554 4 місяці тому +73

    In Hebrew, the days are just numbered:
    Sunday = Yom Rishon (Yom means day, Rishon means first. So - First Day)
    Monday = Yom Sheni (Second Day)
    Tuesday = Yom Shlishi (Third day)
    Wednesday = Yom Revi'i (Fourth Day)
    Thursday = Yom Hamishi (Fifth Day)
    Friday = Yom Shishi (Sixth day)
    Saturday = Shabbat (the origin for Sabbath. It comes from the word Sheva - seven, but also means to sit down doing nothing, resting, which is what Jewish people are supposed to do on Sabbath. The Torah specifically forbids working on Sabbath).
    Some interesting additional information - The Hebrew calendar is based on the movement of the moon, unlike the Gregorian calendar which is based on the movement of the Earth around the sun.
    1. This difference creates a gap in the calendar (The Jewish year is shorter) so every four years another month (4 weeks) is added to avoid losing sync with the seasons (very important for agriculture).
    2. The Hebrew date changes when it gets dark and there are 2 visible stars in the sky, meaning, the days - as in dates - are not the same length.

    • @pedrongalaxi7774
      @pedrongalaxi7774 4 місяці тому +6

      Portuguese is similar:
      2a Feira - Monday
      3a Feria - Tuesday
      4a Feira - Wednesday
      5a Feira - Thursday
      6a Feira - Friday
      Sábado Saturday
      Domingo Sunday

    • @0011peace
      @0011peace 4 місяці тому +2

      acutally s solar/lunmar calender not solely a lunar calendar. By the way if you have 13 months every month has 28 with one extra incalulary day or 2 in leap year and 1 or 2 incalulary days or 1 or 2 months with 29 days. If we went to 13 month calendar th last month could have the extra day(s) keep the calendar align though out the year.it would also allow each day to haves begining of the year 21 times out of 28 years allowing every weekday to have at least 84 first i day n 99 years and e in from 1901 to 2099 you have each year have 169 times at least each day startsthe new year.

    • @Matthew-m6y
      @Matthew-m6y 4 місяці тому +5

      A couple corrections, expansions
      Shabbat doesn't come from the root for seven (shin-beth-ayin) but from the root for cease (Shin-beth-tav)
      The extra month, in the Torah, is only added if you cannot find enough ripened (aviv) barley in Chodesh HaAviv (The first month) in time for the Sheaf offerings during Hagh HaMatzot (Passover).
      The Hebrew day begins at sundown, specifically described as Beyn HaArbayin (between the evenings or muddlings) generally understood as the time between when the orb of the sun drops below the horizon and when the light of the sun has dissipated.

    • @NibiTV
      @NibiTV 3 місяці тому +7

      Islamic calendar is purely based on The Moon but has similar nomenclature:
      yaum as-sabt يوم السَّبْت (sabbath day)
      yaum al-ahad يوم الأحد (first day)
      yaum al-ithnayn يوم الإثنين (second day)
      yaum ath-thalatha' يوم الثُّلَاثاء (third day)
      yaum al-arba`a' يوم الأَرْبعاء (fourth day)
      yaum al-khamis يوم الخَمِيس (fifth day)
      yaum al-jum`a يوم الجُمْعَة (gathering day)(Friday)

    • @gnomerod
      @gnomerod 3 місяці тому +2

      Portuguese names of the week are similar, except for Sunday (Domingo as in Dominus Day)

  • @blindvisionary415
    @blindvisionary415 4 місяці тому +15

    Every show, I walk away a little bit smarter and with a smile. Freaking love you guys!
    Neil and Lord Nice 2024 😄

  • @swarnapalee
    @swarnapalee 23 дні тому +2

    In Sri Lanka
    in Sinhalese we have
    Monday - “Sandu-Da” (Sandu means moon )
    Tuesday - “Angaharua-Da (Angaharu means Mars)
    Wednesday - “Bada-Da” (Buda means Mercury)
    Thursday - “Brahaspathin-Da” (Brahaspati is Jupiter)
    Friday - “Sikura-Da” (Sikuru is Venus)
    Saturday- “Senasura-Da” (Senasuru is Saturn)
    Sunday - “Iri-Da” (Iru/hiru is Sun)

  • @DoctorPhilGud
    @DoctorPhilGud 4 місяці тому +9

    I was struggling to keep all the spanish days of the week memorized but now that i realize that spanish is just keeping with the names of the planets it makes it so much easier to remember.
    Thank you guys for helping me with my duolingo courses

  • @modalize
    @modalize 3 місяці тому +100

    That explanation sounds like when ur back in school and teacher asks you to recall the events of the book that you were supposed to read, but didn’t

  • @shreeniwaz
    @shreeniwaz 3 місяці тому +14

    In the ancient Hindu system of weekdays we get it quite clear..
    Ravivara Ravi -- Sun Vara -- day
    Somvara Som -- Moon
    Mangalvara Mangal --Mars
    Budhvara Budh -- Mercury
    Guruvara Guru -- Jupiter
    Shukravara Shukra -- Venus
    Shanivara Shani -- Saturn

    • @supersaiyan460
      @supersaiyan460 22 дні тому

      Aatha means October
      No means November
      Das means December
      Nava ambar
      Ambar means sky

  • @mack899486ify
    @mack899486ify 4 місяці тому +11

    I had these talk at 10 with my science teacher who told me I was wrong. I figured it all out once I learned the names of certain Greek and Roman gods. she just matched the days of the week. That inspired me to go further. I wish I had a real science teacher.

  • @Righteousparth
    @Righteousparth 4 місяці тому +8

    3:11 in hindi we call mangalwar (Tuesday) after the planet name Mangal (mars)

  • @JonCom3dy
    @JonCom3dy 7 днів тому +1

    I love astronomy, language, and mythology. What a magnificent 9 minutes 🎉

  • @Pierce-lz7kv
    @Pierce-lz7kv 4 місяці тому +8

    I'm so glad I found this channel, this is how I woulda learned my sciences had Neil been my teacher! I was engaged the whole time!

  • @daffyduck1937
    @daffyduck1937 4 місяці тому +37

    The Dr doing it to it as always! America's BEST teacher! ❤Chuck you too much bro!

    • @AndrewBlacker-t1d
      @AndrewBlacker-t1d 4 місяці тому +2

      Chuck is getting an education whether he wants it or not.
      He has come a long way.

  • @Phil-zx5yc
    @Phil-zx5yc 2 місяці тому +2

    For us semetic people, days of the week are named based on the account of the Genesis.
    The week starts with Saturday and this is how it goes in Eritrean.
    Saturday (Qedam) First day
    Sunday (Senbet) Rest Day
    Monday (Soni) Second day
    Tuesday (Selus) Third day
    Wednesday (Rebue) Fourth day
    Thursday (Hamus) Fifth day
    Friday (Arbi) Sunset day

    • @God-db9vp
      @God-db9vp 4 дні тому +1

      ጽቡቅ ገሊጽካዮ ሓወይ እታ ቀዳም ዝበልካያ ግን ቀዳመይቲ መዓልቲ ንምባል ዘይኮነ ቀዳመይቲ ሰንበት ንምባል እያ ቀዳም ተባሂላ፡ ኣብ ግእዝ ቀዳሚት ሰንበት(ቀዳመይቲ ሰንበት) እያ ትበሃል፡ ሰንበት ከኣ እታ ኣብ መጽሓፍ ቅዱስ ሳባት ትበሃል ቀዳም ካብኣ ዝተወሰደ እዩ፡ ሰንበት ብግእዝ እሑድ ትበሃል ሓደ ማለት እዩ።

  • @alpine9214
    @alpine9214 4 місяці тому +7

    This is honestly the best information I have gotten. Gonna use it on my next date.

  • @elainebarbosa2654
    @elainebarbosa2654 4 місяці тому +7

    Fascinating! Also, I’ve just found out that from Monday to Friday is different in Portuguese because, over the history, some religious people stated they couldn’t accept pagan names to be the days of the week. That’s why Sunday and Saturday are the same as in Spanish (Domingo and sábado) but the others are completely different

    • @thepois88
      @thepois88 4 місяці тому +1

      Segunda-feira
      Terça-Feira
      Quarta-feira
      Quinta-feira
      Sexta-feira
      It’s just numbering the days of the week. What about feira?

    • @everyonesopinionisdumb
      @everyonesopinionisdumb 4 місяці тому

      😂😂😂

    • @WonderingWanderer88
      @WonderingWanderer88 4 місяці тому

      makes total sense.

    • @odomangulati7079
      @odomangulati7079 4 місяці тому

      Greeks learnt about Astronomy from the Indians, including the planets and name of the days.
      European sources attribute the nomenclature of the weekdays to the Greeks or the Babylonians. However, there is scant evidence for these claims, and the claims are mostly based on conjectures, circular logic and uninformed opinions.
      However Indian system is explained by the 5th century Aryabhata and the even older Surya Siddhanta which is calculated to be over 7,300 BCE.
      From the (Aryabhatiya, KalaKriya Pada, Verse, 16):
      सप्तैते होरेशा: शनैश्चराद्या यथाक्रमं शीघ्रा:|
      शीघ्रक्रमाच्च्तुर्था भवन्ति सूर्योदयाद् दिनपा: ||
      Meaning - The seven Grahas beginning with Saturn, which are arranged in the order of increasing velocity, are the lords of the successive hours. The Grahas occurring fourth in the order of increasing velocity are the lords of the successive days, which are reckoned from Sunrise (in Lanka).
      "Grahas" did not mean "Planet", it meant an astral object that grasps another astral object (e.g. ‘Graha’ approach-ing a nakshatra (star) - a visual delusion, of course). It also means an astral body that exerts attractive force on the earth.)
      The lords of the twenty-four hours (with hours being measured from sunrise at Lanka) are: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, respectively, and the lords of the seven days are: Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, respectively.
      The lord of the day is the lord of the first hour of that day, the day being measured from sunrise.
      Surya Siddhanta has similar explanation (Bhugoladhyaya -78)
      मन्दादध: क्रमेण स्युश्चतुर्था दिवसाधिप:
      होरेशा सूर्यतनयादधोध: क्रमशस्तथा
      Starting from the Saturn downward, the fourth graha is called the lord of the day. The graha starting from the Saturn successively downwards are the lords of the hour.
      The only rational explanation for the nomenclature of the weekdays comes from an Indian source. No other culture provides any reason for why a particular graha (planet) is associated with a particular day of the week. Only the Indian Jyotish (Hora-shastra) provides the rationale, and not some folklore reason, but rather an astronomical one.
      Hindu concept of seven day week is much older and has other associated astronomical issues.

  • @happyf00d
    @happyf00d 19 днів тому +1

    In Lithuanian - week days are coumpound words of number + day:
    Monday - PIRMAdienis - first day
    Tuesday - ANTAdienis - second day
    Wednesday- TREČIAdienis - third day
    Thursday - KETVIRTAdienis - fourth day
    Friday - PENKTAdienis - fifth day
    Saturday - ŠEŠTAdienis - sixth day
    Sunday - SEKMAdienis - arrives form next(SEKanti) day after saturday

  • @maximus7288
    @maximus7288 4 місяці тому +45

    As a native Spanish speaker, I found hilarious that Chuck remembered that long gone TV show of "Sabado Gigante" 😂. In that regard of Spanish day names, they left "Domingo" (Sunday) out, that's the exception to the planet-named days in Romance languages as this day means "Day of the Lord" (from the Latin "Dominus" = Lord).

    • @stellaa302
      @stellaa302 4 місяці тому +3

      In Russian is воскресенья meaning resurrection of the Lord

    • @blindvisionary415
      @blindvisionary415 4 місяці тому +4

      dude, I literally paused it and gave Chuck all kinds of love for that one. You know he's been around some brown folk for a minute. lol

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 4 місяці тому +5

      Funny that he gave Chuck grief for using a Spanish word, "Sabado" saying they're doing it in English; then wants him to name the days of the week in Spanish that correspond to planets.

    • @ricobhi
      @ricobhi 4 місяці тому +4

      Good grief. I just checked and saw that it's been 9 years already since the show went off the air. It doesn't seem that long ago. I miss watching that show every Saturday night growing up

    • @rashadd2615
      @rashadd2615 4 місяці тому

      Just to add, i think he is married to a Latina woman

  • @hanne8194
    @hanne8194 3 місяці тому +18

    In Philippines (Tagalog) we called the days of the week same like in spanish.
    Monday- lunes
    Tuesday - martes
    Wednesday - miyerkules
    Thursday - huwebes
    Friday- biyernes
    Saturday - sabado
    Sunday - linggo

    • @Nickito313
      @Nickito313 3 місяці тому +1

      what would "linggo" translate to?
      Cuz in spanish Sunday is "Domingo" (which i can´t understand it's correlation to Sunday, given that "sun" in spanish is "Sol"

    • @Hidden_Hunger
      @Hidden_Hunger 3 місяці тому

      Dollinggo

    • @secularmonk5176
      @secularmonk5176 Місяць тому

      @@Nickito313
      Domine -- Latin for Lord

  • @ericthompson3982
    @ericthompson3982 Місяць тому +1

    How come Neil gets to be one of the smartest and most entertaining guys and also gets one of the best voices?! Something about that just isn't fair. He's like the Barry White of astrophysics.

  • @Evolving_Eric
    @Evolving_Eric 4 місяці тому +46

    Instant Classic Video.

  • @planetzebulon21
    @planetzebulon21 4 місяці тому +9

    As someone from another planet, this is the best explanation of your part of the universe.
    Before that,we relied on the back cover of Fank Zappa’s “ One Size Fits All “.

    • @fartkerson
      @fartkerson 4 місяці тому

      Before Zappa, we referred to Gustav Holst's composition "The Planets".

  • @tyrone4u559
    @tyrone4u559 4 місяці тому +8

    Learn something new all the time watching this podcast

  • @jdmjdmjdmjdmjdmjdmjdm
    @jdmjdmjdmjdmjdmjdmjdm 4 місяці тому +15

    @0:50 The Pluto Trigger lol

    • @joelthearchitect
      @joelthearchitect 4 місяці тому +2

      I’ve re-watched 0:46-0:56 so many times lmaooo 🤣🤣 I can’t stop laughing at how Neil shuts it down so definitively before Chuck can even remember the name hahaha he had to reinforce that “we’re done” ☠️. Making a clip for sure, it’s amazing lol

  • @reset.india20
    @reset.india20 Місяць тому +1

    In India, language Sanskrit, several thousands year ago, named week days as..
    ADIVAAR
    SOM VAAR
    MANGAL VAAR
    BUDH VAAR
    GURU VAAR
    SUKRA VAAR
    SANI VAAR
    all are planets names.

    • @Vsl2015
      @Vsl2015 19 днів тому

      Those who converted to Christianity say that hindus do not have calendars .. hindus have better calendar ...

  • @ClanPlayzz
    @ClanPlayzz 4 місяці тому +38

    In the language Hindi, we use similar words for the planets and the corresponding days. The word Mangal (for Mars), Budh (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shukra (Venus), Shani (Saturn). The same goes for the Sun, which is called Ravi. To write the name of the corresponding day, we just add the suffix 'var' to the planet name. Hence, the days are called Mangalvar (Tuesday), Budhvar (Wednesday), Brihaspativar (Thursday), Shukravar (Friday), Shanivar (Saturday). The same goes of Ravivar (Sunday).
    Interestingly, we also use the same word 'Graha' for a planet and a house.

    • @octane2116
      @octane2116 4 місяці тому

      Where is Monday

    • @ibrahimlodi1583
      @ibrahimlodi1583 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@octane2116Moon is called "Som" and Monday in Hindi is "Somvar"

    • @ClanPlayzz
      @ClanPlayzz 4 місяці тому

      @@octane2116 Somvar is used for Monday, while Moon is more commonly called Chand or Chandra. The word Som is a synonym of Chand.
      Interestingly, Moon is called Chand while the metal Silver is called Chandi. Similarly, the metal Gold is called Sona (Similar to the word Sun).

    • @madhureddy7643
      @madhureddy7643 4 місяці тому

      Indians got this from Greeks. Not only this Jyothishya Shastra also borrowed from Greeks!

    • @ClanPlayzz
      @ClanPlayzz 4 місяці тому

      @@madhureddy7643 Wish..people had known then that the Sun and the moon are not planets whereas the Earth is a planet. We would have had six days in a week, with 4 working days and 2 days of weekend.

  • @a99g
    @a99g 4 місяці тому +6

    In Arabic the days from Sunday to Thursday are just named after the first 5 numbers respectively.
    But Saturday is named: السبت (which pronounced something like Sabbath)
    And Friday is : الجُمْعَة which means something like meeting day, and that make sense considering Islam since this is a special day were they go to pray together and stuff.
    But as far as I know these names exists before Islam.
    Note: I didn't search about those 2 days, I am taking just from my pov as a native speaker of Arabic and I grew up in a Muslim country so it a cultural context.

    • @faieziabubakar207
      @faieziabubakar207 3 місяці тому

      I always thought Saturday corresponded to seven (sab'atun) hence sabtu

    • @trajictv2110
      @trajictv2110 3 місяці тому +1

      ​​​​​@@faieziabubakar207 In arabic and hebrew, it does. That's where Sabt in arabic and Shabbat in Hebrew come from. The seventh and last day of the week.

  • @yiannispapayiannis6852
    @yiannispapayiannis6852 Місяць тому +1

    In greek:
    Kiriaki : lord day
    Deftera: second day
    Triti: third day
    Tetarti: fourth day
    Pempti: fifth day
    Paraskevi: prepare for sabbath
    Savato: sabbath

  • @Matthew.Morycinski
    @Matthew.Morycinski 4 місяці тому +6

    It's so much more mundane in Slavic languages. I guess we were brought in when the Classics were a little suspect, and local gods were not even legal. We have No-work, Post-no-work, Second, Middle, Fourth, Fifth, and Sabbath. The Portuguese OTOH go by which-feast: Godly, Second-feast, Third-feast, Fourth-feast, Fifth-feast, Sixth-feast, Sabbath. Note that numbers are off by one. It was such a shock for me too, when I found out that in my adopted country Sunday is the FIRST day of the week.

    • @jokervienna6433
      @jokervienna6433 4 місяці тому

      I kind of like the adding of -feast to almost every day.
      -Why are we celebrating? asked Piglet.
      -Because it Tuesday, Pooh answered.
      Make every day to a feast! :D

  • @EstherBare-hc9nv
    @EstherBare-hc9nv 3 місяці тому +19

    Their laughter are contiguous I am out here smiling at my screen like an idiot 😂😂. Great explaination btw

  • @ankhmaathotep7913
    @ankhmaathotep7913 5 днів тому +1

    "POWER is the ability to define reality and to convince other people that it is their definition" Dr. Wade Nobles
    What were their Afrikan names before the coming of the Europeans?

  • @AirAnatomy_Doris
    @AirAnatomy_Doris 3 місяці тому +5

    Malayalam language
    Sunday = ഞായർ (Sun)
    Monday = തിങ്കൾ (Moon)
    Tuesday = ചൊവ്വ (Mars)
    Wednesday = ബുധൻ (Mercury)
    Thursday = വ്യാഴം (Jupiter)
    Friday = വെള്ളി (Mercury)
    Saturday = ശനി (Saturn)

    • @spiscold50
      @spiscold50 2 місяці тому

      Mallu Gang 🌴🇮🇳🦾

  • @alcarnielo
    @alcarnielo 4 місяці тому +8

    The best naming is in Portuguese:
    Sunday - Domingo
    Moonday - segunda feira
    Tuesday - terça feira
    Wednesday - quarta feira
    Thursday - quinta feira
    Friday sexta feira
    Saturday - sábado
    So, "feira" comes from ancient Portuguese (or late Latin) meaning rest day ( this word also became férias - vacation in Portuguese).
    The other words are orinal nunbers (second, third, forth, etc) up to Saturday (that comes from Sabbath, the rest day).
    With this in mind, if we are talking about Monday, the name infere that this day is the 2nd day after the day that we must rest (segunda feira).

    • @manasavuibaubatiwale3593
      @manasavuibaubatiwale3593 3 місяці тому

      Nice. It seems to mean that for Christians, Saturday is the church going day, not Sunday

    • @alcarnielo
      @alcarnielo 3 місяці тому

      @@manasavuibaubatiwale3593 for Christians, the church day is Domingo (Dominus Day, that means day of the lord).
      I guess that the counting was referring to the day God rested after building the world, but I am not sure about that

    • @user-metoo05
      @user-metoo05 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@alcarnielothat's because the Roman Catholic church said so. But the Bible's rest day, the sabbath, is the true worship day because it's mentioned as the sabbath of the Lord, the true day of the Lord. Jesus said that "he is Lord of the sabbath". This means the sabbath, sábado, is the Lord's day.

    • @yiannispapayiannis6852
      @yiannispapayiannis6852 Місяць тому +1

      Very close to Greek with the exception of Friday, all others are the same in meaning.
      Friday in Greek, (paraskevi) means the preparation for the upcoming sabbath.

    • @0900370pian
      @0900370pian 11 днів тому

      In Malaysia especially for the State of Malacca, the Portuguese colonized it from 1511 to 1641CE. Since Sunday is a holy or special day for the Christian Portuguese and the head of the Church was called Father Domingo or Saint Domingo I can't remember, Sunday became the day when people come to see this Domingo person. So, the natives had an alternative day to call Sunday as Hari Domingo which means the day when people meet Domingo. After couple centuries, Hari Domingo became Hari Minggu currently. The actual name for Sunday in Malay is Hari Ahad. But Hari Minggu stuck till this day as an alternative name for Sunday. Another theory is that since Domingo is also Sunday in Spanish and Portuguese, maybe that's where Hari Minggu came about in Malay.

  • @SacheeT
    @SacheeT 29 днів тому +1

    In Sinhala language, we get the same sinhala name of the planet and add the day (දා) to end.
    Sunday (ඉරිදා) Sun (ඉර),
    Monday (සඳුදා) Moon (සඳු or සඳ),
    Tuesday (අගහරුවාදා) Mars (අගහරු),
    Wednesday (බදාදා) Mercury (බුධ),
    Thursday (බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා) Jupiter (බ්‍රහස්පති),
    Friday (සිකුරාදා) Venus (සිකුරු),
    Saturday (සෙනසුරාදා) Saturn (සෙනසුරු),

  • @Yungbeck
    @Yungbeck 4 місяці тому +50

    6:28 never thought I would see this image in my life w Freja and the Wu Tang Clan lmaoo

  • @Krish-sr9qq
    @Krish-sr9qq Місяць тому +7

    Indian weekdays naming method is more scientific
    considered planets: sun, moon, mercury, Venus, mars, Jupiter, Saturn
    arrange them in slowest to fastest moving (days taken for one complete rotation around earth perspective)
    Ascending order - Saturn, Jupiter, mars, sun, Venus, mercury, moon
    in Tamil - sani, viyalan, sevai, niyayiru, veli, bhudhan, thingal
    consider the above in sequence for 24 hours - means Saturn 1st hour of a day, Jupiter 2nd hr. of the day and so on after 7 hours again repeat itself as Saturn 8th hr. of the day and so on
    so the 25th coming planet will start the next day which is sun 1 hr. of the next day.
    if we take all first coming planets of a day in sequence then: Saturn (sani), sun (niyayiru), moon (thingal), mars (sevai), mercury (bhudhan), Jupiter (viyalan), Venus(veli)
    if we arrange them as current sunday format then sun (niyayiru), moon (thingal), mars (sevai), mercury (bhudhan), Jupiter (viyalan), Venus(veli),Saturn (sani)

  • @diddynesh
    @diddynesh 3 місяці тому +2

    In Kenya, Days of the week in Rendille language
    Sunday - Ahad'
    Monday - Talad'a
    Tuesday - Alasmin
    Wednesday - Arba
    Thursday - khamis
    Friday - Gumaat
    Saturday - Sabdi

    • @babuayubu6215
      @babuayubu6215 3 місяці тому

      Meaning

    • @bikazful
      @bikazful 3 місяці тому

      ​@@babuayubu6215Day 1, day 2 , day 3 .. gumat (jumaa, Muslims weekly Friday prayer)..

  • @FelipeFrotaBass
    @FelipeFrotaBass 4 місяці тому +6

    The editing and effects on this episode are really cool hahaha keep going guys

  • @mdb4michele
    @mdb4michele 3 місяці тому +1

    In Italian. starting with Monday: Lunedi (Luna = moon); Martedi (Marte, god of war); Mercoledi (Mercurius, messanger god); Giovedi (Giove or Jupiter); Venerdi (Venus goddess of love); Sabato (Sabbath); Domenica. Domenica is "Domus day" or day of the Lord

  • @geraldfer
    @geraldfer 3 місяці тому +5

    I always wondered about this.... Thank you

  • @DaniielPineda
    @DaniielPineda 4 місяці тому +39

    "Neptune and thennn..." "No. We're done."
    LMAOOOOO

  • @ahmdf
    @ahmdf Місяць тому +2

    Not that anybody asked, but in Arabic, the days of the week are mostly just derived from numbers:
    -- Sunday = Al-Ahad = 1
    -- Monday = Al-Ithnayn = 2
    -- Tuesday= Al-Thulathaa = 3
    -- Wednesday= Al-Arbiaa = 4
    -- Thursday = Al-Khamis = 5
    This leaves the exceptions:
    -- Friday= Al-Jumaa: kinda means the day of gathering / getting together
    -- Saturday = Al-Sabt: same origin as Sabbath
    Yeah, boring I guess, but hey, there is no god but God 😌

  • @AugustineAriola
    @AugustineAriola 3 місяці тому +16

    In Igbo Language from Nigeria we have just four days in a week named after market days
    They are
    1. Eke
    2. Orie
    3. Afor
    4. Nkwo

    • @DIPLOMATCENTER
      @DIPLOMATCENTER 3 місяці тому

      It just worries me how we present this nonsense to the general public, I’m an igbo man, igbo language is not complete, what you listed is called the four market days, which can fall into any day.
      Are there four days in a week or should the world adjust to four days because we are igbos?
      Since the igbo doesn’t have the translation yet, they spell those days according to the English sounds!

    • @AugustineAriola
      @AugustineAriola 3 місяці тому +4

      @@DIPLOMATCENTER
      My brother if Igbo is not complete, what effort are you making to make it complete? Who do you think that will complete those incomplete lexicon you're referring to ? It is always easy to sit and criticize without offering any tangible solution.
      No one is forcing the world to adopt Igbos' days of the week or coerce Igbos to accept others days of the week. The fact remains that Igbos legitimately and proudly have their days of the week which is handed over to them by our ancestors as enumerated above. If you refuse to accept it, then , you deal with it because we will continue to use it till the end of the world.

    • @DIPLOMATCENTER
      @DIPLOMATCENTER 3 місяці тому

      @@AugustineAriola You can imagine how weak and preposterous your argument came off, I pointed out facts that you and I know very well if you attended any igbo class.
      I only said we can’t continue to bring that to a global front, if you questioned who will complete the lexicons, why now stay rigid that we will live with the incomplete language till the end of age?
      People are working hard in that regards and doing a whole lot of translation jobs.
      Anyway, drag along, I actually don’t need the language to communicate on a global scale which is what I do.

    • @ivankulola5847
      @ivankulola5847 3 місяці тому +5

      ​@@DIPLOMATCENTER Are you for real? I am not Igbo by any chance but what you just wrote is utterly gibberish. Your fellow igbo was just telling us about how they have 4 days based on market days. I read through the comment and other people are proudly presenting their culture. Here you are criticising your fellow igbo 😅😅😅😅 over 7 days a week, which by the video just goes to show even those were incorrectly named. Named after 7 planets, well there are more than 7 planets. The sun and the moon are not planets. How can this sound more correct to you than 4 market days? OMG did you really attack your fellow igbo over how many days should be in a week? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 people can have 2,5, 10, 17 doesn't really matter as long as it has meaning to them...

    • @vroxxzz
      @vroxxzz 2 місяці тому

      ​@@DIPLOMATCENTER what a pompous essay that hides a deep-seated shame about your own heritage. What a pity that your were not taught to appreciate the beauty of that which is uniquely yours. No pride in your own history and culture. Op wasn't sharing science, but culture. OP, My other brother, please tell the world about your people and ignore this one who is ashamed of where he comes from. Tell the world about your customs and in return appreciate that of others.

  • @docodocodoco
    @docodocodoco 4 місяці тому +8

    3:48 tuueeees... Whaaaaa!?
    😂I like when Chuck going back in...good job😅

  • @kanabekasEU
    @kanabekasEU 3 місяці тому +1

    In Lithuanian language it's more simplified
    Monday - Pirmadienis (first-day)
    Tuesday - Antradienis (second-day)
    Wednesday - Trečiadienis (third-day)
    Thursday - Ketvirtadienis (fourth-day)
    Friday - Penktadienis (fifth-day)
    Saturday - Šeštadienis (sixth-day)
    Sunday - Sekmadienis (seventh-day)

  • @melissamcfarlin6840
    @melissamcfarlin6840 2 місяці тому +9

    Pluto will always be a planet to me.

    • @brandisimpson6386
      @brandisimpson6386 Місяць тому

      To quote the great comedian Robin Williams "Pluto, a Mickey Mouse planet". It is still a planet, just a dwarf planet. 😁

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 Місяць тому

      Calling it a dwarf planet was a mistake. How many dwarf planets do we have?

    • @brandisimpson6386
      @brandisimpson6386 Місяць тому

      @stephenolan5539 3 or 4 at last count, to the best of my knowledge, including Pluto and Charon.

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 Місяць тому +1

      @@brandisimpson6386
      I think it might be more than that now.

  • @nanuknows
    @nanuknows 4 місяці тому +6

    Dr Tyson you must also read of Indian Panchang and we too have the days of the week named like the Nordic cultures.

  • @tedlatadesse2244
    @tedlatadesse2244 2 місяці тому +1

    In Ethiopia we named days of the week directly derived from the book of Genesis. Starting from the Sunday as the first day of the week and so on. Using the language of Geez.

  • @richardhowe5583
    @richardhowe5583 4 місяці тому +7

    Goleee.. about everybody knew why we have 7 days in a week.. Friday night for high school football games.. Saturday night for date night.. Sunday for professional sports and car races and church in the morning and barbecues in afternoon.. Monday for hangovers from The Weeknd.. Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday it's work days.. and that about covers it..😊😊

  • @costanzafaust
    @costanzafaust 4 місяці тому +9

    In Portugal there was a bishop who considered the names of the weekdays sacreligious so they just numbered them

    • @se6369
      @se6369 4 місяці тому +1

      Something similar happened on Iceland

    • @segueoyuri
      @segueoyuri 4 місяці тому +1

      I guess it was the same in Greece. You have the Day of the Lord (Domingo - Κυριακη), the second - fifth days (segunda, terça, quarta, quinta - Δευτέρα, Τρίτη, Τετάρτη, Πέμπτη), then in Greek you have the Day of Preparation for the Sabbath, Παρασκευή, because Jesus died on a Friday, then the Sabbath (sábado, Σάββατο).
      Originally in Greek the days beginning on Monday were called Ἡμέρα Σελήνης, the Day of Selene, the Moon goddess; Ἡμέρα Ἄρεως the Day of Ares/Mars; Ἡμέρα Ἑρμοῦ, the Day of Hermes/Mercury; Ἡμέρα Διός, the Day of Zeus/Jupiter; Ἡμέρα Ἀφροδίτης, the Day of Aphrodite/Venus; Ἡμέρα Κρόνου, the Day of Chronos/Saturn; Ἡμέρα Ἡλίου, the Day of Helios, the Sun god.

    • @WonderingWanderer88
      @WonderingWanderer88 4 місяці тому +1

      @@segueoyuri Wait... you're saying that modern Greek is one of the languages where the name of the weekdays do not carry the ancient meaning related to planets or gods, that the ancient greeks spread across the world? That's a plot twist! 😅

    • @felipefreirecultura
      @felipefreirecultura Місяць тому

      Obrigado pela explicação haha

  • @gomzitoocool
    @gomzitoocool 3 місяці тому +2

    Indian Naming Convention:
    Mangalwar - Mangal Grah - Tuesday
    Budhwar - Budh Grah - Wednesday
    Guruvar- Guru - Thursday
    Shukruvar- Shukr - Friday
    Shanivar- Shani - Saturday
    Ravivar - Ravi/Sun - Sunday
    Somvar- I’m not sure which planet??

    • @indoric
      @indoric Місяць тому

      just Som other planet

    • @maheshw
      @maheshw Місяць тому

      Som is Moon.

  • @SvarfdalNexus
    @SvarfdalNexus 4 місяці тому +18

    Tuesday being named after the Norse God of war makes sense since in Danish Tuesday is Tyrsdag or Týr Day

    • @greatdane131
      @greatdane131 4 місяці тому +1

      And Tyr = bull and its a badass name. Get out of here with that weak name mumbo jumbo.

    • @ETAisNOW
      @ETAisNOW 4 місяці тому

      Sense since

    • @se6369
      @se6369 4 місяці тому

      ​@@greatdane131That's just a coincidence though

    • @se6369
      @se6369 4 місяці тому

      Tuesday in English is named after the English god Tiw, not the Norse god (though they had the same origin)

    • @WonderingWanderer88
      @WonderingWanderer88 4 місяці тому

      @@se6369 if it's the same origin, then it's basically the same from our perspective today.
      Otherwise, we could also argue that "Martes in Spanish is named after the Roman god Mars, not the Greek god Ares"...
      Myths evolve throughout times and societies.

  • @Abhay0505
    @Abhay0505 4 місяці тому +26

    Interestingly enough in Hindi Mythology, Mars is called 'Mangal', and Tuesday is called 'Mangalwar' or Mars-Day, I wonder how it also coincides with the Greeks 🤔🤔

    • @luftim
      @luftim 4 місяці тому +4

      Greek influenced the east after alexanders conquests. There are even budah statues found in the likeness of greek style.

    • @GowthamNatarajanAI
      @GowthamNatarajanAI 4 місяці тому +1

      India named the days based on the greeks.

    • @zzappligator
      @zzappligator 4 місяці тому +1

      Mars is Roman. The Greeks called this one Ares.

    • @Abhay0505
      @Abhay0505 4 місяці тому +4

      @@GowthamNatarajanAI You do realise that Hinduism is the oldest religion and mythology.

    • @stoffls
      @stoffls 4 місяці тому

      I would assume less with the Greeks, but more with older civilisations in Mesopotamia. They were the ones who likely "invented" the seven days week. And if you look at the map - Mesopotamia is right in the middle between India and the Mediterrenean. Ancient cultures influenced each other quite a lot.

  • @natashaadams4323
    @natashaadams4323 2 дні тому

    I don't know how, I came across this channel, but glad I did.. Video had me 😂😂😂😂, and learning throughout the entire video! They can definitely be great teachers, would definitely have their class attention....

  • @dplouro
    @dplouro 4 місяці тому +12

    In Portuguese we made it simpler. It’s literally Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Shabat and Lord’s day. In Portuguese: Segunda, Terça, Quarta, Quinta, Sexta, Sábado and Domingo. Long ago the week started Sunday.

    • @madspanker9
      @madspanker9 4 місяці тому +1

      Same with the original semitic languages! (First=sunday, second, third, fourth, fifth, the gathering, the sabbath (arabic as an example here)

    • @shayanlostflash
      @shayanlostflash 4 місяці тому +1

      In Persian also is like that
      But months name are older pagans persian gods which some of them have similarities to greeks and norse gods

    • @herrakaarme
      @herrakaarme 16 днів тому +1

      That's just sad. I assume you also dropped the late Roman month names and only count the months as well by using numbers?

    • @dplouro
      @dplouro 15 днів тому

      @ No. We use Napoleon month names. Today is 16th of Brumaire. 😏😉

    • @0900370pian
      @0900370pian 11 днів тому +1

      In Malaysia especially for the State of Malacca, the Portuguese colonized it from 1511 to 1641CE. Since Sunday is a holy or special day for the Christian Portuguese and the head of the Church was called Father Domingo or Saint Domingo I can't remember, Sunday became the day when people come to see this Domingo person. So, the natives had an alternative day to call Sunday as Hari Domingo which means the day when people meet Domingo. After couple centuries, Hari Domingo became Hari Minggu currently. The actual name for Sunday in Malay is Hari Ahad. But Hari Minggu stuck till this day as an alternative name for Sunday. Another theory is that since Domingo is also Sunday in Spanish and Portuguese, maybe that's where Hari Minggu came about in Malay.

  • @adityajoshi4541
    @adityajoshi4541 3 місяці тому +36

    Meanwhile sanskrit & tamil laughing in corner.,.🥶🥶🥶

    • @73HE
      @73HE 3 місяці тому +3

      Absolutely

    • @self835
      @self835 3 місяці тому +3

      Ya... but no... eneducated regions and civilations were far less superior in their thesis of the universe.

    • @cedricbaltimore.washington2207
      @cedricbaltimore.washington2207 10 днів тому +2

      But shed some light on us. Many of us don't know why they are laughing.

  • @LaTishaStyles
    @LaTishaStyles 22 дні тому

    Hats off to the editor, animator! It adds just enough spice to an already interesting conversation

  • @Drauguro
    @Drauguro 4 місяці тому +37

    And that's how the days of the week got their names, UNLESS... you are from a Portuguese-speaking country

    • @caramia4789
      @caramia4789 4 місяці тому +2

      He did say this is for the English language. Tell us about Portuguese please.

    • @gustavofigueiredo1798
      @gustavofigueiredo1798 4 місяці тому +6

      @@caramia4789 It's simple:
      Sunday: Domingo - Domenus (day of the lord);
      Monday: Segunda - second day;
      Tuesday: Terça - third day;
      Wednesday: Quarta - fourth day;
      Thursday: Quinta - fifth day;
      Friday: Sexta - sixth day;
      Saturday: Sábado - Sabath.

    • @caramia4789
      @caramia4789 4 місяці тому +3

      @@gustavofigueiredo1798 Well I was expecting it to sound like Spanish/Italian... Interesting because I was born in Armenia and in Armenian the weekdays are also following a similar format.
      monday erkushapti - erku 2
      Tuesday erekshapti - erek 3
      Wednesday chorekshapti - chors 4
      Thursday hingshapti - hing 5
      Friday urbat
      Saturday shabat
      Sunday kiraki
      Friday - Sunday, I don't know where these come from or what they mean... except Shabat that is Sabbath

    • @gustavofigueiredo1798
      @gustavofigueiredo1798 4 місяці тому

      @@caramia4789 Ah yes, I can see why you thought that. As I see, both Portuguese and Armenian are farther away from latin than Italian and Spanish. Interesting to know that our languages have this in common. Thanks for sharing.

    • @ba3238
      @ba3238 4 місяці тому +1

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@gustavofigueiredo1798 it’s almost the same in arabic
      sunday: ( al ahad | الاحد ) - first day
      monday: ( al athnayn | الاثنين ) - second w
      tuesday: ( al thulthaa | الثلاثاء ) - third day
      wednesday: ( al arbaa | الاربعاء ) - fourth day
      thursday: ( al khames | الخميس ) - fifth day
      friday: ( al jumaa | الجمعه ) - A day when people gather
      saturday: ( al sabat | السبت ) - day of sleep and rest

  • @Wis_Dom
    @Wis_Dom 4 місяці тому +11

    Love the Pluto discrimination. 😅

  • @refragerator
    @refragerator 4 місяці тому +33

    "Wotan had some other features to him" is the understatement of the last 1100 years lmao

    • @mastergamerover9000
      @mastergamerover9000 3 місяці тому +2

      Peak peagan critique

    • @nickname2446
      @nickname2446 3 місяці тому

      You mean "Woden" Germanic for ODIN.

    • @refragerator
      @refragerator 3 місяці тому +2

      @@nickname2446 Woden, Woten, Wotan, Wōdan, Wōden, Uuoden, Wûtan, Wuodan, Wuotan, Godan, Guodan, Odin, Oden, Odan, Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ - your pick.

  • @audreythecat4565
    @audreythecat4565 4 місяці тому +5

    Thumbs up for Dr. Tyson pronunciation of Spanish weekdays, It ssounded very natural. 👍

  • @jackdoc2000
    @jackdoc2000 3 місяці тому

    In Sanskrit, Ravi(sun) bar(day)- sunday, som (moon)bar - Monday, mangal ( mars) bar - Tuesday, Budha ( Mercury) bar - Wednesday, brihaspati (Jupiter) bar - Thursday, sukra(venus) bar - Friday, sani ( saturn) bar - Saturday
    It makes more sense than trying to find indirect connections.

  • @Cs137matt
    @Cs137matt 4 місяці тому +4

    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and everybody's favorite dwarf planet Pluto

    • @shibukhmarie7080
      @shibukhmarie7080 7 днів тому

      There are no other planets out there. Nobody and nothing has ever gone outside earth. NASA is a big lie. Earth is flat and firm, covered by a fermarment, with angels guarding it. Existence of other planets out there is all a lie.

  • @thesyntheticstudio
    @thesyntheticstudio 4 місяці тому +4

    In the Sinhala language, the names of all days of the week directly correspond to names of planets.

  • @SemutHitam22-q5i
    @SemutHitam22-q5i Місяць тому +2

    Interesting… how I wonder the days in Arabic are using counting numbers except Friday & Saturday. Ahad derives from “wahidun” is first of the week, followed by Ithnin from word ithnani or second of the week….. up until the sixth day we called it as Jumu’ah (the most special day for muslim), and the next day is Sabtu due to special day for Jewish

  • @RobertBennett-e8w
    @RobertBennett-e8w 4 місяці тому +191

    Hallelujah!!! I’m favored and blessed with $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and also support the work of God and the church.

    • @ChristineBrooks0
      @ChristineBrooks0 4 місяці тому

      Oh really? Tell me more!

    • @RobertBennett-e8w
      @RobertBennett-e8w 4 місяці тому

      This is what Ana Graciela Blackwelder does, she has changed my life.

    • @RobertBennett-e8w
      @RobertBennett-e8w 4 місяці тому

      After raising up to 60k trading with her, I bought a new house and car here in the US and also paid for my son’s (Oscar) surgery. Glory to God.shalom.

    • @Dennisbrown70
      @Dennisbrown70 4 місяці тому

      I know Ana Graciela Blackwelder, and I have also had success...

    • @ChristineBrooks0
      @ChristineBrooks0 4 місяці тому

      what’s her contact information?

  • @MissJaiAre
    @MissJaiAre 3 місяці тому +4

    My 5-year-old LOVES the Solar System and can recite them furthest and nearest the sun and a few dwarf planets and various moons! 🥰 He’s been reciting and spelling them since he was 3!

  • @elieelie86
    @elieelie86 3 місяці тому +1

    God said:”If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” Jer 29:13
    I understand him. He has spent his life looking for evidence of things. Not bad…the verse above is for him.

  • @wangtoriojackson4315
    @wangtoriojackson4315 4 місяці тому +4

    I guess the REAL wanderer was the Earth we found along the way!

  • @scottross8623
    @scottross8623 19 днів тому +5

    Genesis tells us that God created everything in six days and rested on the seventh. That is why we have seven days in a week. All hail King Jesus

    • @jgonsalk
      @jgonsalk 12 днів тому +1

      He loved us so much that he created a son that was also him and killed him to forgive us rather than killing us all again in a flood.

    • @hoilasvegas
      @hoilasvegas 12 днів тому

      The 7th day is the Sabbath. it has nothing to do with Saturn

  • @rajandwivedi8590
    @rajandwivedi8590 3 місяці тому

    In Hindi we have
    Raviwar :- Ravi means Sun
    Somwar :- Som means moon
    Mangalwar :- Mangal is mars
    Budhwar :- Budh is Mercury
    Brahspatiwar or Guruwar :- Brahspati which is also called Guru is Jupiter
    Sukrawar :- Sukra is venus
    Shaniwar :- Shani means Saturn

  • @Manas__Gharat
    @Manas__Gharat 4 місяці тому +6

    Pluto is my far living homeboy😅

  • @JustArmands
    @JustArmands 4 місяці тому +5

    Friday was named after fries. Greeks just loved McDonald that much. 🍟

  • @Diamond-dl1fw
    @Diamond-dl1fw День тому

    Asabar, Lahadi, Litinin, Talata, Laraba, Alhamis, Juma'a... Watching from Buruku Kaduna State Nigeria

  • @paulmills2731
    @paulmills2731 4 місяці тому +9

    I think your incorrect about Friday, it's actually Freya.

    • @Dylan_Time
      @Dylan_Time 4 місяці тому +3

      He’s actually correct. Not Freya at all.

    • @thereadersvoice
      @thereadersvoice 3 місяці тому

      ​@Dylan_Time I just looked it up. It is, indeed, spelled Freya (or, more accurately, Freyja). Additionally, it's neither spelled nor pronounced Tiw, but Tyr. His name comes from the old High German word Ziu, which loosely translates to god.
      I give Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson all the credit in the world, but he does mispronounce names from time to time.

    • @Dylan_Time
      @Dylan_Time 3 місяці тому

      @@thereadersvoice but Friday itself was not named after Freya…..

  • @AmfistomosAtlas
    @AmfistomosAtlas 22 дні тому +3

    Fun fact, in ancient Greece all days or the week were named after the Gods (or the known planets if you will)
    Monday - Moon Day
    Tuesday - Ares Day (or Mars Day) (Yes, the God of War)
    Wednesday - Hermes Day (Yes, the Messenger God)
    Thursday - Zeus Day (Yes, the Lightning God)
    Friday - Aphrodite Day (or Venus Day)
    Saturday - Kronos Day (Saturn Day)
    Sunday - Helios Day (Sun Day)
    Cheers

  • @mammajamma4397
    @mammajamma4397 2 місяці тому

    I'm an Aries and Tuesday has always been my favorite day of the week. Makes alllllllll the sense!

    • @kimmyw010
      @kimmyw010 2 місяці тому

      It's crazy because in deep astro I'm an Aries rising and I was born on Tuesday but I'm a Sagittarius, I love Thursdays though.