The Calendar's Days Are Numbered!

Posted by Anna Sugrue in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

In order to understand the calendar, you need to know... 

  • How to ask the date
  • How to state the date
  • The months
  • The numbers

If you want to ask for someones birthday, you need to know...

  • How to ask for someones birthday
  • How to tell someone your own birthday
Here is a set of quizlet cards to help you learn how to number the calendars days.
When writing the date with numbers, in spanish you flip-flop the the month and the date, so if it was Es el la primero de abril, then you would write 1/4/2012 instead of 4/1/2012 like in English. 
Here is the list of the numbers. When saying the date, just use the number - "es el dos de..." - unless it is the first of the month, in which case you say "es el primero de..."

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From google images. Remember that the letter v is pronounced like the letter b "beh". For example, nueve is pronounced noo-EY-bey.

En Español, they sing the song ¡Feliz Compleaños! - Happy Birthday! - to the same tune we sing it. Here is a singing taco wishing you a feliz compleaños.
http://www.americangreetings.com/ecards/happy-birthday/yakety-yakstm-taco-full-screen-surprise-ecard/pn/3281420

​Here's a video of a surprise birthday gone wrong.

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