journee
/xouɾnee/from spelling rules
journee is a French word used in Spanish to mean the duration of a day.
While the phrase is French in origin, it is used to refer to the length or duration of a day.
How do you pronounce it?
/xouɾnee/
Did you know?
- In historical Spanish texts, a jornada was specifically the distance a person or army could travel on foot in one day. This transformed a unit of time into a unit of distance.
- During the Spanish Golden Age, playwrights used jornada to label the 'acts' of a play. This was based on the idea that each act represented the passage of one day.
- Spanish has a nuance where día refers to the 24-hour unit, but jornada emphasizes the lived experience or the effort exerted during that time.
Examples in context
- La jornada de trabajo comienza a las 8 de la mañana.The work day starts at 8 in the morning.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking after a long trip.
- MaríaHola Alejandro, ¿cómo estuvo tu viaje?Hello Alejandro, how was your trip?
- AlejandroFue una journee agotadora pero divertida.It was an exhausting but fun day.
- MaríaMe imagino, caminaste mucho.I imagine, you walked a lot.
- AlejandroSí, María, recorrí toda la ciudad.Yes, María, I toured the whole city.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
