Days, Months, and

Dates
 Spanish Calendar

The Spanish calendar starts on

Monday (lunes) and ends on Sunday
(domingo)
 Capitalization

You do not capitalize the days of the

week or months of the year in
Spanish.

Example: Hoy es lunes. (Today is

Monday.)
 Days of the Week
lunes (Monday)
martes (Tuesday)
mircoles (Wednesday)
jueves (Thursday)
viernes (Friday)
sbado (Saturday)
domingo (Sunday)
 Months of the Year

enero - January julio - July

febrero - February agosto - August
marzo - March septiembre -
September
abril - April octubre - October
mayo - May noviembre -
November
junio - June diciembre - December
Finding out the date

la fecha - means date

hoy - means today
Cul es la fecha de hoy? - What is
the date today?
 Writing the date
In Spanish, the date always goes before
the month.
Example 1: To write August 16, 2012,
you would write 16/8/2012 instead of
8/16/2012
Example 2: October 8, 2012 is written
as 8/10/2012
 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

English Spanish
(August 16) el 16 de agosto
(October 8) el 8 de octubre
(July 4) el 4 de julio
(December 25) el 25 de diciembre
 Exceptions
For the first day of the month, you
wouldnt say el uno de enero.
You would say el primero de... (The
first of...)
Example 1: el primero de enero (January
first. The first of January.)
Example 2: el primero de septiembre
(Sept.1. The first of September)
 Birthday

Birthday - cumpleaos
Happy Birthday - Feliz cumpleaos
Mi cumpleaos es el 8 de octubre.
(My birthday is the 8th of October.)
 Checking for
Understanding
What is the first day of
the week on the
Spanish calendar?

lunes (Monday)
Do you capitalize days
of the week or months
of the year?

No!
How is a spanish date
written and spoken
differently from
english?
The date goes before
the month
 How do you say
Happy Birthday?

Feliz cumpleaos
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
Speaking & Listening
Practice Activity
 Activity Time!
Directions:
Students, take out a sheet of paper and
write your name at the top (to be turned
in).
Teacher, you will need a sheet of paper
too, to make the Answer Key.
 Activity Time!
On the first line of your paper, write Mi
cumpleaos es _____. (My birthday is
______.)
Fill in the blank with your birthday in
Spanish, using the Spanish format for
dates that you learned today.
 Activity Time!
Next, we will go around the room and each
student will say Mi cumpleaos es (the date
in Spanish).
As each student says their birthday
sentence, the other students must listen to
the date in Spanish and write down that
students birthday in English.
Teacher, be sure to write down the students
birthdays to make your Answer Key.
 Activity Time!
Now, lets get started!
The first student should stand up now.
Everyone, write down #1 and that students
name.
Listen closely to his/her Spanish sentence,
and write down the date of his/her birthday
in English.
Repeat the pattern, until each student has
shared his/her birthday and students have
written down all the birthdays in the class.
el fin