Name: How to Talk about DATES in English
Uploaded: 2021-07-12T15:33:46.000Z
Duration: 9 min 18 s
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Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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I'm not talking about going on a date, I'm talking about the day, the month, and the

Today we're going to be talking about how to talk about these dates in American English.

I recommend writing down any of these expressions or sentences that are new for you so that

you can go back and review them and use them in your own daily conversations.

Notice that I used in ordinal number, eighth.

These ordinal numbers are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 30th, 29th,

These ordinal numbers are necessary for talking about today's date.

This is the most general way to describe the day.

But what if you want to take it up a level?

We're adding the word the or the word the before that ordinal number, February the 8th.

Notice in all of these examples the word the comes directly before that ordinal number.

Let's imagine that you have to work next weekend.

You might say, "Oh, I have to work on the 8th.

I have to work on the 8th," or, "I have to work on the 17th.

It's still directly before that ordinal number.

Let's talk about the next way to describe dates.

We talk about events using two different prepositions, on and in.

Let's start with the first one on, which we use to talk about the day.

In both of these examples, the word Saturday and the expression, the 4th, is referring

Or, you could say, "When's the meeting with Google?"

Unlike “in,” which we're going to talk about in just a second, the word “on”

Let's go back to our first examples with this, and let's see what it looks like if we take

My birthday is on Saturday or my birthday is Saturday.

Or without the word “on,” it's Friday the 14th.

Both of these options are perfectly fine.

Let's go on to the second preposition that we use to talk about dates, and that is “in.”

We use “in” to talk about longer periods of time, months, or years.

We have a month and a year and we're using “in.”

Unlike the previous preposition “on,” which was optional, this is 100% necessary.

So, make sure that when you're talking about longer periods of time, my birthday is in

September, my birthday is in 2007 ... That's a little bit too recent, but maybe that's

Let's go on to talk about how we talk about years.

Well, the most general way is to separate 14-92.

We're just having two numbers and putting them together.

You don't need to say one thousand eight hundred twelve, just 18-12.

But, some thing's a little bit different if we're talking about the first couple of

What if you want to talk about this date?

We would say seventeen hundred, seventeen hundred.

Seventeen oh-one, and then seventeen oh-two, seventeen oh-three.

Usually with dates we say “oh” and this is a common way to express zero.

Sometimes if you're saying your phone number, you might say, Oh instead of zero.

You might hear people say that when they're talking about their phone number.

So when you're talking about the first couple years of each century.

18(oh)5, 18(oh)6, 18(oh)7, 18(oh)8, 18(oh)9, 18-10.

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