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Dates - Las Fechas
Listen to the Voki Conversation:
¿Cuándo es la fecha del examen? When is the date of the exam?
Grammar note: The word "del" is a combination of two words - "de" which means "of" and the word "el," which is the masculine form of the article "the." So the word "de" + "el" are combined into one - "del."
This does not happen when the article is feminine (la) - we would use two words "de la" (of the).
El examen es el viernes nueve de diciembre. The exam is on Friday, December nine. (Literal translation - The exam is the Friday, nine of December)
Grammar note: Unless they are at the start of a sentence, the days of the week and months are written in lower case in Spanish.
The Months of the Year - Los Meses del Año
enero January
febrero February
marzo March
abril April
mayo May
junio June
julio July
agosto August
septiembre September
octubre October
noviembre November
diciembre December
Grammar note 1: Unless the months are the first word of a sentence, these are written in lower case.
Grammar note 2: The word "del" in the phrase "los meses del año" is a contracted form of two words: de (of) + el (the, masculine). These two words --a preposition and article -- are combined into one word.
Spanish Proficiency Exercises coerll@austin.utexas.edu
Listen to this Spanish speaker from Bolivia tell the date:
Hoy es viernes, catorce de noviembre del dos mil tres. Today is Friday, the 14th of November of 2003.
Mañana es sábado, quince de noviembre del dos mil tres. Tomorrow is Saturday the 15th of November of 2003.
Ayer fue jueves, trece del dos mil tres. Yesterday was Thursday the 13th of 2003. **(Note: In LAN115, we will focus on the present tense)**
Spanish Proficiency Exercises coerll@austin.utexas.edu
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