Wednesday el miércoles Thursday el jueves Friday el viernes Los Días de la Semana In Spanish, when you are talking about the days of the week, you generally use el before the name of the day. Monday el lunes Tuesday el martes Wednesday el miércoles Thursday el jueves Friday el viernes Saturday el sábado Sunday el domingo **Notice that the names of the days are not capitalized in Spanish!

Also, in the hispanic calender, the week begins with lunes [Monday] and actually ends on the weekend [sábado y domingo] the weekend el fin de semana When you talk about something happening on a certain day, use the article el instead of saying “on” I have Art class on Tuesday. Yo tengo la clase de arte el martes.

When you talk about something occurring on the same day, use los instead of “on”. With ‘sábado’ and ‘domingo’ add and “s” I have art class on Saturdays. Yo tengo la clase de arte los sábados.

Los meses del año January enero February febrero March marzo April abril May mayo June junio

July julio August agosto September septiembre October octubre November noviembre December diciembre ** Notice that the names of the months are not capitalized !!

(the seasons of the year) Las estaciones del año (the seasons of the year) La primavera the Spring El verano the Summer El otoño the Autumn (the Fall) El invierno the Winter

Asking and telling dates To ask what day it is: ¿Qué día es? What day is it?

To tell what day it is: It is Wednesday. Es el (name of the day) Es el miércoles. Today is Wednesday. Hoy es el miércoles.

To ask what the date is: ¿Cuál es la fecha? What (which) is the date? ¿Cuál es la fecha hoy? What (which) is the date today? ¿Cuál es la fecha de tu cumpleaños? What is your birthdate?

To tell what the date is in English, we say the month, then the number of the day. In Spanish, tell the number of the day first, then the month. It is June 5th Es el cinco de junio Today is August 13th Hoy es el trece de agosto

The only exception is the first of the month The only exception is the first of the month. For this you use “primero” instead of “uno” It is December 1st Es el primero de diciembre.

In English, we sometimes use a shortcut to tell the date: March 20, 2010 3 / 20 / 10 But, remember, in Spanish, the day precedes the month: March 20, 2010 20 / 3 / 10

This can sometimes be confusing: What date is this? 6 /5 /10 Is it June 5, 2010 OR May 6, 2010 ?