1. Definate Articles Months Days of the week Writing dates Telling Time

2. Los Meses del Año

3. ¿Que mes es?  San Valentin  Navidad (Christmas)  San Patricio  4 de Julio  Dia de los Muertos  El dia de dar Gracias  5 de Mayo  Año Nuevo

5. ¿Que dia de la semana?

6. Writing Dates  When writing dates, there is a specific pattern that you have to follow.  The pattern is el ____________ de _____________ (number)(month) *You use cardinal numbers except for the 1 st : use primero

7. Writing Dates  Using dates in writing: Saying “on Tuesday” is not as literal as it sounds. For “on” always use the definite article “el”.

8. Writing Dates  Examples On Thursday, I study Russian. El jueves, yo estudio ruso. On Thursdays, I play in the band. Los jueves, yo toco en la banda. On Sunday, I watch television. El domingo, yo miro la televisión. On Sundays, I go to church. Los domingos, yo voy a la iglesia.

9. Writing Dates  Making days of the week plural Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday do not show plural other than the changing of the definite article el↔los. Saturday and Sunday do change in spelling as well as definite article. domingo↔domingos s ábado ↔s ábados