{"id":105,"date":"2019-04-29T17:22:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=105"},"modified":"2020-02-25T22:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T22:30:21","slug":"la-fecha","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/chapter\/la-fecha\/","title":{"raw":"La fecha","rendered":"La fecha"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>objetivos<\/h3>\r\nTell the date\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>La Fecha<\/h3>\r\nThe verb <em>ser<\/em>\u00a0is used to give dates:\r\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\"><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?\u00a0(What is today\u2019s date?)\r\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\"><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.\u00a0(Today is the 20th of May.)\r\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\"><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?\u00a0(What day is today?)\r\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\"><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.\u00a0(Today is Wednesday, the 20th of May.)\r\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\"><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?\u00a0(When is your birthday?)\r\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\"><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.\u00a0\u00a0(It\u2019s the 16th of December.)<\/p>\r\nSo if the question is\u00a0\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la fecha?, the answer can be expressed:\u00a0<em>Es el<\/em>\u00a0+ number + <em>de<\/em> + month\r\n<h4>More About Using Dates in Spanish<\/h4>\r\nTo expand dates to include years:\r\n<ul>\r\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\"><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>\r\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\"><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>\r\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\"><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>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYou may also spell out numbers when writing dates:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"example-main\">Es el cuatro de julio de 1776.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"example-main\">Es el quince de septiembre de 1821.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"example-main\">Es el siete de diciembre de 1941.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOn the first day of the month use the ordinal number<em> el primero <\/em>(\"first\") and not \"el uno.\"\u00a0\u00a0Only the first day of the month can be expressed with an ordinal number:\r\n<ul>\r\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\"><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\u00a0 OR\u00a0 Es el 1<sup>o<\/sup> de enero de 2020<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nRemember that masculine forms of the numbers are always used with dates, and months are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence:\r\n<ul>\r\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\"><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>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAlso remember:\r\n\r\nTo say \"in a certain month\" use the preposition\u00a0<i>en<\/i>:\r\n<ul>\r\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\"><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'm going to Guatemala in April.)<\/i><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nTo say \"on a certain day\" \/ \"on certain days\" use the definite article\u00a0<i>el \/\u00a0<\/i><i>los<\/i>:\r\n<ul>\r\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\"><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.\u00a0<em>(<\/em><i>I leave on Monday.)<\/i><\/li>\r\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\"><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>\r\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\"><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.\u00a0<em>(I take the train on Saturdays.)<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Cu\u00e1ndo<\/h3>\r\nThe interrogative (question word) <em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em> means \"when.\"\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo es tu cumplea\u00f1os? (when is your birthday?)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nUnlike some interrogatives,\u00a0cu\u00e1ndo does not change for gender and number. However, you do need to pay attention to the difference between the question word\u00a0<em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em>\u2014with an accent mark\u2014and the conjunction <em>cuando<\/em> (no accent mark).\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo vamos a salir? (When are we going out?)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\">Cuando tenemos tiempo.<\/span>\u00a0(When we have time.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>objetivos<\/h3>\n<p>Tell the date<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>La Fecha<\/h3>\n<p>The verb <em>ser<\/em>\u00a0is used to give dates:<\/p>\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\"><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\u00e1l <strong>es<\/strong> la fecha de hoy?\u00a0(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\"><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.\u00a0(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\"><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?\u00a0(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\"><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.\u00a0(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\"><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?\u00a0(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\"><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.\u00a0\u00a0(It\u2019s the 16th of December.)<\/p>\n<p>So if the question is\u00a0\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la fecha?, the answer can be expressed:\u00a0<em>Es el<\/em>\u00a0+ 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\"><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\"><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\"><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>(&#8220;first&#8221;) and not &#8220;el uno.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Only 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\"><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\u00a0 OR\u00a0 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\"><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 &#8220;in a certain month&#8221; use the preposition\u00a0<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\"><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&#8217;m going to Guatemala in April.)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To say &#8220;on a certain day&#8221; \/ &#8220;on certain days&#8221; use the definite article\u00a0<i>el \/\u00a0<\/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\"><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.\u00a0<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\"><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\"><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.\u00a0<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 &#8220;when.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo es tu cumplea\u00f1os? (when is your birthday?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike some interrogatives,\u00a0cu\u00e1ndo does not change for gender and number. 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