{"id":148,"date":"2022-03-31T21:27:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/la-fecha\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:39:26","slug":"la-fecha","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/la-fecha\/","title":{"raw":"La fecha","rendered":"La fecha"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"wrap\">\n<div id=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"post-105\" class=\"numberless post-105 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry chapter-type-numberless\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>objetivos<\/h3>\nTell the date\n\n<\/div>\n<h3>La Fecha<\/h3>\nThe verb <em>ser<\/em> is used to give dates:\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Carmen: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/cual_es_la_fecha_de_hoy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00bfCu\u00e1l <strong>es<\/strong> la fecha de hoy? (What is today\u2019s date?)\nRam\u00f3n: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/hoy_es_el_20_de_mayo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Hoy <strong>es<\/strong> el 20 de mayo. (Today is the 20th of May.)\nCarmen: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/que_dia_es_hoy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00bfQu\u00e9 d\u00eda <strong>es<\/strong> hoy? (What day is today?)\nRam\u00f3n: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/hoy_es_miercoles_el_20_de_mayo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Hoy <strong>es<\/strong> mi\u00e9rcoles el 20 de mayo. (Today is Wednesday, the 20th of May.)\nCarmen: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/cuando_es_su_cumpleanos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo <strong>es<\/strong> su cumplea\u00f1os? (When is your birthday?)\nRam\u00f3n: <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_16_de_diciembre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Es<\/strong> el 16 de diciembre. (It\u2019s the 16th of December.)<\/p>\nSo if the question is \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la fecha?, the answer can be expressed: <em>Es el<\/em> + number + <em>de<\/em> + month\n<h4>More About Using Dates in Spanish<\/h4>\nTo expand dates to include years:\n<ul>\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_4_de_julio_de_1776.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Es el 4 de julio de 1776.<\/li>\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_15_de_septiembre_de_1821.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Es el 15 de septiembre de 1821.<\/li>\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_7_de_diciembre_de_1941.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Es el 7 de diciembre de 1941.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou may also spell out numbers when writing dates:\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"example-main\">Es el cuatro de julio de 1776.<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"example-main\">Es el quince de septiembre de 1821.<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"example-main\">Es el siete de diciembre de 1941.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the first day of the month use the ordinal number<em> el primero <\/em>(\u201cfirst\u201d) and not \u201cel uno.\u201d Only the first day of the month can be expressed with an ordinal number:\n<ul>\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_primero_de_enero_de_2020.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Es el primero de enero de 2020 OR Es el 1<sup>o<\/sup> de enero de 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRemember that masculine forms of the numbers are always used with dates, and months are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence:\n<ul>\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/enero_es_mi_mes_favorito.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Enero es mi mes favorito.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAlso remember:\n\nTo say \u201cin a certain month\u201d use the preposition <i>en<\/i>:\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"example-main\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/voy_a_guatemala_en_abril.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Voy a Guatemala en abril. (<i>I\u2019m going to Guatemala in April.)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo say \u201con a certain day\u201d \/ \u201con certain days\u201d use the definite article <i>el \/ <\/i><i>los<\/i>:\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"example-main\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/me_voy_el_lunes.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Me voy el lunes. <em>(<\/em><i>I leave on Monday.)<\/i><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"example-main\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/me_voy_el_tres_de_abril.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Me voy el tres de abril. (<i>I leave on April 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.)<\/i><\/li>\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/tomo_el_tren_los_sabados.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Tomo el tr\u00e9n los s\u00e1bados. <em>(I take the train on Saturdays.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cu\u00e1ndo<\/h3>\nThe interrogative (question word) <em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em> means \u201cwhen.\u201d\n<ul>\n \t<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo es tu cumplea\u00f1os? (when is your birthday?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nUnlike some interrogatives, cu\u00e1ndo does not change for gender and number. However, you do need to pay attention to the difference between the question word <em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em>\u2014with an accent mark\u2014and the conjunction <em>cuando<\/em> (no accent mark).\n<ul>\n \t<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo vamos a salir? (When are we going out?)<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\">Cuando tenemos tiempo.<\/span> (When we have time.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<!-- .entry-content -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- #post-## -->\n\n<!-- CITATIONS AND ATTRIBUTIONS -->\n\n<section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n<div class=\"post-citations sidebar\">\n<div id=\"citation-header-105\" class=\"collapsed license-attribution-dropdown\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Licenses and Attributions<\/div>\n<div id=\"citation-list-105\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"licensing\">\n<div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div>\n<ul class=\"citation-list\">\n \t<li>Dates. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Deborah M. 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(What is today\u2019s date?)<br \/>\nRam\u00f3n: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/hoy_es_el_20_de_mayo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Hoy <strong>es<\/strong> el 20 de mayo. (Today is the 20th of May.)<br \/>\nCarmen: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/que_dia_es_hoy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfQu\u00e9 d\u00eda <strong>es<\/strong> hoy? (What day is today?)<br \/>\nRam\u00f3n: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/hoy_es_miercoles_el_20_de_mayo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Hoy <strong>es<\/strong> mi\u00e9rcoles el 20 de mayo. (Today is Wednesday, the 20th of May.)<br \/>\nCarmen: <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/cuando_es_su_cumpleanos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo <strong>es<\/strong> su cumplea\u00f1os? (When is your birthday?)<br \/>\nRam\u00f3n: <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_16_de_diciembre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es<\/strong> el 16 de diciembre. (It\u2019s the 16th of December.)<\/p>\n<p>So if the question is \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la fecha?, the answer can be expressed: <em>Es el<\/em> + number + <em>de<\/em> + month<\/p>\n<h4>More About Using Dates in Spanish<\/h4>\n<p>To expand dates to include years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_4_de_julio_de_1776.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es el 4 de julio de 1776.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_15_de_septiembre_de_1821.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es el 15 de septiembre de 1821.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_7_de_diciembre_de_1941.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es el 7 de diciembre de 1941.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may also spell out numbers when writing dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"example-main\">Es el cuatro de julio de 1776.<\/li>\n<li class=\"example-main\">Es el quince de septiembre de 1821.<\/li>\n<li class=\"example-main\">Es el siete de diciembre de 1941.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the first day of the month use the ordinal number<em> el primero <\/em>(\u201cfirst\u201d) and not \u201cel uno.\u201d Only the first day of the month can be expressed with an ordinal number:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/es_el_primero_de_enero_de_2020.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es el primero de enero de 2020 OR Es el 1<sup>o<\/sup> de enero de 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember that masculine forms of the numbers are always used with dates, and months are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/enero_es_mi_mes_favorito.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Enero es mi mes favorito.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also remember:<\/p>\n<p>To say \u201cin a certain month\u201d use the preposition <i>en<\/i>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"example-main\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/voy_a_guatemala_en_abril.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Voy a Guatemala en abril. (<i>I\u2019m going to Guatemala in April.)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To say \u201con a certain day\u201d \/ \u201con certain days\u201d use the definite article <i>el \/ <\/i><i>los<\/i>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"example-main\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/me_voy_el_lunes.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Me voy el lunes. <em>(<\/em><i>I leave on Monday.)<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"example-main\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/me_voy_el_tres_de_abril.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Me voy el tres de abril. (<i>I leave on April 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U2\/tomo_el_tren_los_sabados.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Tomo el tr\u00e9n los s\u00e1bados. <em>(I take the train on Saturdays.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cu\u00e1ndo<\/h3>\n<p>The interrogative (question word) <em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em> means \u201cwhen.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo es tu cumplea\u00f1os? (when is your birthday?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike some interrogatives, cu\u00e1ndo does not change for gender and number. 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