📖LearnModule 2 · Lesson 18 of 30Basic User · CEFR A1, completedUnit 4 · The date and the weather
La fecha — saying the date
Module 2 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 18 of 30: The Spanish date is el + number + de + month: el doce de mayo. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
la fecha
the date
lah FEH-chah
¿qué fecha es hoy?
what is the date today?
keh FEH-chah ehs OY
el primero
the first (of the month)
ehl pree-MEH-roh
el primero de enero
January first
ehl pree-MEH-roh deh eh-NEH-roh
el doce de mayo
May twelfth
ehl DOH-seh deh MAH-yoh
hoy es el quince de marzo
today is March fifteenth
oy ehs ehl KEEN-seh deh MAR-soh
la semana
the week
lah seh-MAH-nah
de
of / from
deh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
The Spanish date is el + number + de + month: el doce de mayo, el veintitrés de agosto. Only the first of the month is special: el primero de enero.
Y también · And also
¿Qué fecha es hoy? — Hoy es el quince de marzo. The day of the week slots in front when you need it: Hoy es lunes, quince de marzo. Write today's real date every day this week.
Ojo · Watch out
Only the first of the month uses primero: el primero de enero. Every other date is a plain number with de before the month: el dos de enero.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with la fecha.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 18 in Module 2 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.