Basic dates: Discussing birthdays
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Key Phrases
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
When is your birthday?
¿Cuántos años vas a cumplir?
How old are you going to be?
Comemos pastel y cantamos las mañanitas.
We eat cake and sing las mañanitas.
Skills You'll Learn
Asking and telling birthday dates
Preguntar y decir fechas de cumpleaños
Talking about age using 'to turn years old'
Hablar sobre la edad usando 'cumplir años'
Describing celebration traditions in Mexico
Describir tradiciones de celebración en México
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're chatting with a friend in Mexico. You want to ask about their birthday and find out how they celebrate it.
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?
Hi! How are you?
¡Hola, Emily ! Muy bien, ¿y tú?
Hi, Emily! Very good, and you?
Bien, gracias. Oye, ¿cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
Good, thanks. Hey, when is your birthday?
Es el quince de marzo. ¿Y el tuyo?
It's March fifteenth. And yours?
El mío es el dos de agosto.
Mine is August second.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
¿Cómo estás?
KOH-moh eh-STAHS
How are you?
🇲🇽 This uses the familiar tú form, fine with friends and people your age. With an older stranger or someone in an official role, ¿Cómo está? is safer.
See breakdown →Muy bien
mooy byen
Very well
¿Y tú?
ee too
And you?
💬 tú with an accent means "you". Without it, tu means "your", as in tu cumpleaños.
See breakdown →Muy bien, ¿y tú?
mooy byen ee too
Very good, and you?
Bien, gracias.
bee-EN GRAH-syahs
Good, thanks.
Oye
OH-yeh
Hey
🇲🇽 A friendly way to grab someone's attention or change topic among friends. With strangers, disculpe "excuse me" is more polite.
See breakdown →Tu cumpleaños
too koom-pleh-AHN-yohs
Your birthday
💬 cumpleaños ends in -s but is one birthday. The plural looks the same: los cumpleaños.
See breakdown →¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
KWAHN-doh ehs too koom-pleh-AHN-yohs
When is your birthday?
El quince de marzo
el keen-seh deh MAHR-soh
March fifteenth
💬 Spanish dates go day first, then de and the month: el quince de marzo. Months are lowercase.
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