Modern Greek/Lesson 06.5

Lesson 6.5: Days and Months In this lesson we'll use the numbers that we've previously learnt, and we'll use them to express the date. Days Several of the days of the week have names related to numbers. Except for Σαββατο, Saturday, which is neuter, they are all feminine. Κυριακή (Lord's day) Sunday Δευτέρα (Second day) Monday Τρίτη (Third day) Tuesday Τετάρτη (Fourth day) Wednesday Πέμπτη (Fifth day) Thursday Παρασκευή ("Preparation") Friday Σάββατο ("Sabbath") Saturday Months January Ιανουάριος / Γενάρης February Φεβρουάριος / Φλεβάρης March Μάρτιος / Μάρτης April Απρίλιος / Απρίλης May Μάιος / Μάης June Ιούνιος / Ιούνης July Ιούλιος / Ιούλης August Αύγουστος September Σεπτέμβριος / Σεπτέμβρης October Οκτώβριος / Οκτώβρης November Νοέμβριος / Νοέμβρης December Δεκέμβριος / Δεκέμβρης Vocabulary η μέρα the day η εβδομάδα the week χτες or χθες yesterday σήμερα today αύριο tomorrow Giving the day / date Είναι Παρασκευή. It is Friday. Σήμερα είναι Τετάρτη. Today is Wednesday. Τι μέρα είναι; What day is it? Είναι στις 16 Νοεμβρίου. It's on the 16th of November. In the final example you'll see that the month is in the genitive, because it's the 16th OF November. For all the days of the months use στις + the number in the feminine (because it's the day, which is feminine plural). The first of the month is treated slightly differently, here use the ordinal number. Είναι στις είκοσι μια Νοεμβρίου. It's the 21st of November Την πρώτη Νοεμβρίου. The 1st of November Summary We have learnt the names for the days of the week. We have learnt the names of the months. We have learnt that to describe the date we use στις + feminine number + month in genitive. We have learnt the exception is the 1st, which uses την πρώτη + month in genitive. We have learnt useful vocabulary to describe the recent days, months and years. Exercises Now try the exercises found here.