Giving Dates and Times in Spanish

Dates, in Spanish, are formed by stating the date (number) first before the month. The number is introduced by an article, while the preposition de ‘of’ is used to link that date to the month. So, using the nouns and numbers given in previous lessons, you should be able to put it all together to form the times, days and dates. Let’s try it!

¿Que fecha es hoy? [keh feh-cha es oy]
El cinco de marzo. [el thing-ko de mar-zo]
‘What’s the date today?’ ‘It’s the 5th of May.’

¿Que dia es? [keh dee-ah es]
Es domingo. [es do-ming-go]
‘What day is it? ‘It’s Sunday’

Note:
- The months and days in Spanish do not begin with capital letters when written.

¿Que hora es? [keh oh-ra es]
Es la una de la tarde [es la oo-na deh la tar-de]
‘What time is it?’ ‘It’s 1:00 p.m.’