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.

Giving the day / date
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.

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.