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when telling dates and days in spanish and english are they done in the same way or differently. please explain your answer

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they are done in the same way

Saying the Date in Spanish

Saying the date in Spanish is not much different from writing it. Once again, you will use "de" and "del" before the month and the year, but this time you will need to know how to read the numbers.

Unlike English, Spanish uses cardinal numbers (like one, two or three) instead of ordinal numbers (like fourth, fifth or sixth) for every day of the month except the first. So, if you can count to 31, you can already say almost every date!

Just in case, let's take a look at how you should read every day of the month in Spanish:

1 Primero

2 Dos

3 Tres

4 Cuatro

5 Cinco

6 Seis

7 Siete

8 Ocho

9 Nueve

10 Diez

11 Once

12 Doce

13 Trece

14 Catorce

15 Quince

16 Dieciséis

17 Diecisiete

18 Dieciocho

19 Diecinueve

20 Veinte

21 Veintiuno

22 Veintidós

23 Veintitrés

24 Veinticuatro

25 Veinticinco

26 Veintiséis

27 Veintisiete

28 Veintiocho

29 Veintinueve

30 Treinta

31 Treinta y uno

You will also need to know some bigger numbers if you want to say the year. The following list covers the

next decade:

2017 Dos mil diecisiete

2018 Dos mil dieciocho

2019 Dos mil diecinueve

2020 Dos mil veinte

2021 Dos mil veintiuno

2022 Dos mil veintidós

2023 Dos mil veintitrés

2024 Dos mil veinticuatro

2025 Dos mil veinticinco

2026 Dos mil veintiséis

2027 Dos mil veintisiete

2028 Dos mil veintiocho

2029 Dos mil veintinueve

2030 Dos mil treinta

Combine the days, months and years with the following formula and you'll be able to say any date:

(day) de (month) del (year)

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