🎯 Goal: Learn the days of the week, months, numbers from 1 to 20, and how to ask for and express the date and time in Spanish. Master essential vocabulary and structures to schedule appointments, discuss birthdays and events, and function effectively in daily routines within a Spanish-speaking context.
🔤 Vocabulary: Days, Months, Numbers
This section introduces essential vocabulary for discussing days, months, numbers, and telling time — reinforced with interactive flashcards for memorization.
📆 Days of the Week
Days in Spanish are not capitalized unless they start a sentence.
| lunes | Monday |
| martes | Tuesday |
| miércoles | Wednesday |
| jueves | Thursday |
| viernes | Friday |
| sábado | Saturday |
| domingo | Sunday |
| semana | week |
| mes | month |
| año | year |
📆 Months
Months are also not capitalized in Spanish.
| enero | January |
| febrero | February |
| marzo | March |
| abril | April |
| mayo | May |
| junio | June |
| julio | July |
| agosto | August |
| septiembre | September |
| octubre | October |
| noviembre | November |
| diciembre | December |
⚠️ Note: All days and months are masculine → el lunes, el martes, el enero,el febrero, etc.
📆 Numbers 1-20
Numbers are key for talking about dates and times.
| uno | one |
| dos | two |
| tres | three |
| cuatro | four |
| cinco | five |
| seis | six |
| siete | seven |
| ocho | eight |
| nueve | nine |
| diez | ten |
| once | eleven |
| doce | twelve |
| trece | thirteen |
| catorce | fourteen |
| quince | fifteen |
| dieciséis | sixteen |
| diecisiete | seventeen |
| dieciocho | eighteen |
| diecinueve | nineteen |
| veinte | twenty |
📆 Time Expressions
These phrases help you talk about time and dates.
| ¿Qué día es hoy? | What day is it today? |
| ¿Qué día es? | What day is it? |
| Hoy es lunes. | Today is Monday. |
| ¿Cuándo es el cumpleaños? | When is the birthday? |
| Mi cumpleaños es el 12 de febrero. | My birthday is February 12th. |
| ¿Qué hora es? | What time is it? |
| Es la una. | It’s one o’clock. |
| Son las 10. | It’s 10 o’clock. |
| y cuarto | quarter past |
| y media | half past |
| menos cuarto | quarter to |
| de la mañana | in the morning |
| de la tarde | in the afternoon |
| de la noche | at night |
↩️ Flashcards: Vocabulary Practice
Explore the interactive flashcards: click to reveal translations, listen and repeat aloud for pronunciation practice, and test yourself by guessing the Spanish term before flipping.
📆 Days of the Week:
📆 Months:
📆 Numbers 1-20:
📆 Time Expressions:
🗣️ Shadowing Practice
Listen to the audio of short phrases and sentences related to days, months, numbers, and time. Repeat each one during the pause to improve pronunciation and fluency. Practice 2-3 times for best results.
⬇️ Click to show transcript & translation
¿Qué día es? – What is the date?
Es el 10 de julio. – It’s July 10th.
¿Qué día es hoy? – What day is today?
Hoy es viernes. – Today is Friday.
¿Qué hora es? – What time is it?
Son las tres y media. – It’s three thirty.
Son las siete de la noche. – It’s seven in the evening.
¿Cuándo es el cumpleaños? – When is the birthday?
Mi cumpleaños es el 8 de mayo. – My birthday is May 8th.
🧠 Grammar Focus: Talking about Days, Dates, and Time
Use Hoy es followed by the day of the week to state the current day. Days are not capitalized unless at the start of a sentence.
- Hoy es lunes. – Today is Monday.
- Hoy es viernes. – Today is Friday.
Express dates: Use el [number] de [month] to express dates, often with Hoy es… or Es….
- Hoy es el 15 de julio. – Today is July 15th.
- Hoy es el 3 de noviembre. – Today is November 3rd.
With years: Add de [year]:
- Hoy es el 10 de enero de 2025. – Today is January 10, 2025.
- Hoy es el 4 de octubre de 1990. – Today is October 4, 1990.
Note: Always use EL before the date, and DE to connect the day, month, and year.
⚠️ In Spanish, only the first day of the month is written as “el primero”, not “el uno”. This is a fixed rule:
- el primero de enero, el primero de diciembre, etc.
- el dos de febrero, el dos de marzo, etc.
⌛️ Saying the Time
Use Es la una for one o’clock and Son las for all other hours.
Structure:
- Hour + y cuarto (quarter past), y media (half past), or menos cuarto (quarter to).
- Add: de la mañana (morning), de la tarde (afternoon), or de la noche (night).
Examples:
- Es la una. – 01:00 / 13:00
- Son las tres y media. – 03:30 / 15:30
- Son las diez y cuarto de la noche. – 22:15
- Son las cinco menos cuarto. – 4:45 /16:45
- Son las siete de la noche. – 19:00
Note: Time in Spanish uses 24-hour format in formal settings.
🎯 Quiz: Vocabulary Recognition
Test your knowledge of days, months, and numbers with this image-based quiz. Each question shows a picture (e.g., a calendar, a clock, or a number) with three answer choices.
🎯 Quiz: Time and Dates
Practice grammar by completing 7 fill-in-the-blank sentences. Select the correct answer from the dropdown menu.
📚 Reading Comprehension: Mini-Text
Read this short paragraph to practice understanding days, dates, and times in context.
Me llamo Ana. Hoy es viernes. Mi cumpleaños es el ocho de septiembre. Son las tres de la tarde y estoy en casa.
🎯 Quiz Section: Mixed Review
Test your understanding with 10 questions combining vocabulary and grammar.
🔍 Fill in the Missing Word
Fill in the blanks in the passage with the given words.
🎧 Listening Activities
Practice listening comprehension with short audio segments and related questions.
⬇️ Click to see transcript & translation
Hoy es martes. Son las dos y cuarto de la tarde. Mi clase empieza a las tres.
Today is Tuesday. It’s quarter past two in the afternoon. My class starts at three.
🔍 Fill in the Missing Word
Complete the dialogue by filling in the missing parts using the word bank.
– es lunes. ¿Qué hora ?
– Son tres y cuarto la tarde.
–¿Cuándo es tu ?
– Es el cinco de . ¿Y el tuyo?
– Mi cumpleaños es en febrero, el .