La Fecha: The Date - Ms. Mirabella’s 7th Grade Spanish Class What is the date? ● To ask, “What’s the date?” in Spanish, you say ¿Cuál es la fecha? How to format the date: ● To format the date in Spanish, you put the day of the week, the number day (2nd, 6th, etc.), and then the month and year ● viernes, el diez de octubre del 2014 ● Friday, the 10th of October of 2014 Today is, tomorrow is etc. ● Many times, the phrase “today is” or “tomorrow is” will come before the date ● Hoy es viernes, el diez de octubre ● Mañana es sábado, el once de octubre ● Hoy es = Today is ● Mañana es = Tomorrow is The 1st of a month ● There is a special way to express the 1st day of a month ● You would say: Hoy es miércoles, el primero de noviembre del 2014. ● Instead of using “el uno” use “el primero” to express “the first” To write the date in short form ● Although we have previously discussed this, as a refresher, we write the day/month/year to express the date in short form in Spanish, which is different from English ● October 15th, 2014 -- 15/10/14 ● January 28th, 2015 -- 28/1/15 ● August 9th, 2015 -- 9/8/15 To recap: ● To recap: ○ day of week, number day, month, year (if necessary) (Hoy es/Mañana es) _______, el ____ de _____ del _______ D.O.W. # month year Try these out! In Long Form: 1. Friday, July 31st 2. Thursday, May 28th 3. Today is Monday, October 13th, 2014 4. Tomorrow is Tuesday, October 14th In Short Form: 1. April 12, 1959 2. August 15, 1996 3. October 7, 1999 How’d you do? Long Form Answers: 1. viernes, el treinta y uno de julio 2. jueves, el veinte y ocho de mayo 3. Hoy es lunes, el trece de octubre del 2014 4. Mañana es martes, el catorce de octubre Short Form Answers: 1. 12/4/59 2. 15/8/96 3. 7/10/99