Days Months Dates

 

Days, Months, and Dates

 

Vocab: •

Hoy- Today

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Mañana – Tomorrow

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El día- The day

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La semana- The week

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El fin de semana – The weekend

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El Mes- The month

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El año- The year

La estacion- The season

 

Capitalization

You do not capitalize the days of the week or months of the year in Spanish. The days of the week are NOT capitalized

Example:: Hoy es lunes. (T Example (Today oday is Monday.)

 

Months of the Year  Months of the Year  enero - January febrero - February

julio - July agosto - August

marzo - March

septiembre - September

abril - April

octubre - October

mayo - May

noviembre - November

 junio - June

diciembre - December

 

Dayss of of the Week  Week  Day Dayss of Day of the W Week  eek  lunes (Monday) martes (Tuesday) miércoles (Wednesday)  jueves (Thursday) viernes (Friday) sábado (Saturday) domingo (Sunday)

 

Finding out the date Finding out the date la fecha - means “date” hoy - means “today” ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? - What is the date today?

 

Writing the date Writing the date In Spanish, the date always goes before the month. Example To write August 16, 2012, you would write 16/8/20121: instead of 8/16/2012 Example 2: October 8, 2012 is written as 8/10/2012

 

Date in front Date in front You also put the date in front of the month when saying the date. The date will follow this pattern: el (number) de (month) the (number) of (month)

 

Examples Examples English (August 16)

Spanish el 16 de agosto

(October 8)

el 8 de octubre

(July 4)

el 4 de julio

(December 25)

el 25 de diciembre

 

Exceptions Exceptions For the first day of the month, you wouldn’t say “el uno de enero.” You would say “el primero de...” (The first of...) Example 1: el primero primero de enero (January first. The first of January January.) .) Example 2: el primero primero de septiembre (Sept.1. The first of September)

 

Birthday Birthday Birthday - cumpleaños Happy Birthday - Feliz cumpleaños Mi cumpleaños es el 8 de octubre. (My birthday is the 8th of October.)

 

How do you say Happy Birthday?

Feliz cumpleaños 

 

Say the following date in Spanish: June 22

el 22 de junio

 

Say the following date in Spanish: December 25

el 25 de diciembre

 

Say the following date in Spanish: January 15

el 15 de enero

 

Say the following date in Spanish: July 1

el primero de julio

 

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