Basic dates: Discussing birthdays
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Key Phrases
En mi familia, hay muchos cumpleaños.
In my family, there are many birthdays.
¿Cuándo es el cumpleaños de tu mamá?
When is your mom's birthday?
Celebramos juntos con comida y pastel.
We celebrate together with food and cake.
Skills You'll Learn
Talk about family birthdays and who they belong to.
Hablar de los cumpleaños familiares y de quién son.
Ask and answer when someone's birthday is using months of the year.
Preguntar y responder cuándo es el cumpleaños de alguien usando los meses del año.
Describe how family celebrations happen and what people do together.
Describir cómo son las celebraciones familiares y qué hacen juntos.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are talking about birthdays in your family, saying which month each person celebrates and sharing how family birthdays are special.
Hola, en mi familia hay muchos cumpleaños.
Hello, in my family there are many birthdays.
¡Qué bonito! ¿Cuándo es el cumpleaños de tu mamá?
How lovely! When is your mom's birthday?
El cumpleaños de mi mamá es en mayo.
My mom's birthday is in May.
Muy bien. ¿Y tu papá?
Very good. And your dad?
Mi papá cumple años en agosto.
My dad's birthday is in August.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hello
Mi familia
mee fah-MEE-lyah
My family
En mi
en mee
In my
En mi familia
en mee fah-MEE-lyah
In my family
Hay
eye
There is / there are
💬 [Hay] works for both singular and plural: [hay un cumpleaños] and [hay muchos cumpleaños]. It does not change to match the number.
See breakdown →Muchos cumpleaños
MOO-chohs koom-play-AHN-yohs
Many birthdays
Muchos
MOO-chohs
Many
Hay muchos cumpleaños
eye MOO-chohs koom-play-AHN-yohs
There are many birthdays
💬 [Hay] stays the same whether you mean one or many: [hay un cumpleaños], [hay muchos cumpleaños]. That's different from English [there is] / [there are].
See breakdown →Qué
keh
How
💬 In exclamations, [qué] often means [how], not [what]: [¡Qué bonito!] = [How lovely!]. The accent mark matters here: [qué].
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