Basic dates: Discussing birthdays
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Key Phrases
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
When is your birthday?
Mi cumpleaños es en mayo.
My birthday is in May.
El cumpleaños de mi madre es en marzo.
My mother's birthday is in March.
Skills You'll Learn
Ask and answer questions about birthdays.
Preguntar y responder sobre cumpleaños.
Say in which month a birthday is.
Decir en qué mes es un cumpleaños.
Talk about family members and their birthdays.
Hablar de los miembros de la familia y sus cumpleaños.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are chatting in Spanish about birthdays in your family, saying which month each person celebrates and comparing family birthdays in a warm, friendly conversation.
Hola, en mi familia hay muchos cumpleaños.
Hello, in my family there are many birthdays.
¡Qué bien! ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
How nice! When is your birthday?
Mi cumpleaños es en mayo.
My birthday is in May.
¿Y el cumpleaños de tu madre?
And your mother’s birthday?
El cumpleaños de mi madre es en marzo.
My mother’s birthday is in March.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hello
En mi familia
en mee fah-MEE-lyah
In my family
Hay
eye
There are / There is
💬 [Hay] is used for both singular and plural: [hay un cumpleaños] and [hay muchos cumpleaños]. It doesn't change to match what comes after it.
See breakdown →Muchos
MOO-chohs
Many
Cumpleaños
koom-play-AHN-yohs
Birthdays
💬 [Cumpleaños] looks plural, but it's also the normal singular word for [birthday]: [mi cumpleaños]. The plural is the same form, so the article or context tells you which meaning it has.
See breakdown →Hay muchos cumpleaños
eye MOO-chohs koom-play-AHN-yohs
There are many birthdays
💬 [Hay] is used for both [there is] and [there are]: [hay un cumpleaños], [hay muchos cumpleaños]. It stays the same no matter how many things you're talking about.
See breakdown →¡Qué bien!
keh bee-EN
How nice!
¿Cuándo?
KWAHN-doh
When?
Es
ess
Is
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