How To Ask for and Give The Date in French

In this lesson we learn how to ask for and give the date in French.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these phrases:

Part 1:

What is the date today?	Show Quelle est la date aujourd’hui?
It is Monday 1st January.	Show C’est le lundi premier janvier.
It’s the 2nd of February.	Show C’est le deux février.
It’s the 18th of March.	Show C’est le dix-huit mars.
It’s the 20th of April.	Show C’est le vingt avril.

Part 2:

When is your birthday?	Show C’est quand votre anniversaire?
My birthday is 2nd June.	Show Mon anniversaire est le deux juin.
My birthday is 10th July.	Show Mon anniversaire est le dix juillet.
My birthday is 19th August.	Show Mon anniversaire est le dix-neuf août.
My birthday is 30th October.	Show Mon anniversaire est le trente octobre.

Notes on Usage:

For the first of the month, French uses le premier when giving dates. For example: Mon anniversaire est le premier octobre. However, you’ll see in the tables above that for all the other dates, French uses the normal numbers again (that is: two, three, four and so on). We call these cardinal numbers. Numbers such as second, third and fourth, on the other hand, are known as ordinal numbers.

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