Lesson 11 – What is the date today ?

Par admin 23 avril 2014 les 30 basiques de l'anglais

Vocabulary

Days

Months

En anglais jours et mois prennent toujours une majuscule.

Lesson

Pour exprimer une date il faut connaitre les ordinaux !

3 sont à apprendre plus précisément :

1 = one —- the first = the 1st (on retient les 2 dernières lettres de l’ordinal)
2 = two —- the second = the 2nd
3 = three —-the third = the 3rd

Aux autres chiffres on ajoute la terminaison th :

4 = four —- the fourth = the 4th
5 =five —the fifth (modification orthographique) = the 5th
6 = six — the sixth = the 6th
7 = seven — the seventh = the 7th
8 = eight — the eighth (on ajoute seulement le h) = the 8th
9 = nine — the ninth ( le e disparait) = the 9th
10 = ten — the tenth = the 10th
11 = eleven — the eleventh (car on n’entend pas le mot one) = the 11th
12 = twelve — the twelfth (modification orthographique) = the 12th
13 = thirteen — the thirteenth = the 13th
14 = fourteen — the fourteenth = the 14th
15 = fifteen — the fifteenth =the 15th
16 = sixteen — the sixteenth = the 16th
17 = seventeen — the seventeenth = the 17th
18 = eighteen — the eighteenth = the 18th
19 = nineteen — the nineteenth = the 19th

Pour les dizaines:

20 = twenty —- the twentieth ( le y se change en ie ) = the 20th
30 = thirty —- the thirtieth = the 30th
40 = forty —- the fortieth = the 40th
50 = fifty —- the fiftieth = the 50th
60 = sixty —- the sixtieth = the 60th
70 = seventy —- the seventieth = the 70th
80 = eighty —- the eightieth = the 80th
90 = ninety —- the ninetieth = the 90th

Pour les nombres intermédiaires on fait comme pour les unités:

21 = twenty-one —- the twenty-first = the 21st
32 = thirty-two —- the thirty-second = the 32nd
43 = forty-three —- the forty-third = the 43rd
54 = fifty-four —- the fifty-fourth = the 54th
65 = sixty-five —- the sixty-fifth = the 65th
99 = ninety-nine —- the ninety-ninth = the 99th

Expression de la date (4 exemples)

• Le 1er janvier 2014 — the first of January, 2014 — the 1st of January, 2014 ( 2 thousand-fourteen )

• Le 2 février 2000 — the second of February, 2000 — the 2nd of February, 2000 ( 2 thousand )

• Le 3 mars 1999 — the third of March,1999 — the 3rd of March, 1999 ( nineteen-ninety-nine ) ( se lit par tranches de 2 chiffres )

• Le 4 avril 1800 — the fourth of April, 1800 — the 4th of April, 1800 ( eighteen hundred )

Expressions

Le 8 mai : On the 8th of May ou On May, the 8th

Nous sommes le 10 juin : We are on the 10th of June ou we are on June, the 10th

Aujourd’hui c’est le 30 juillet : Today is the 30th of July ou today is July, the 30th

Note

On peut écrire (ou prononcer) aussi bien : le 25 août

The 25th of August / 25th August (the 25th of August)
August the 25th / August 25th (August the 25th)

Méthode de travail

D’abord apprendre les mois et les jours.
Travailler sur les dates (leçon) et s’entrainer en les exprimant de plus en plus naturellement ( en en trouvant d’autres bien sûr) à l’écrit comme à l’oral.
Faire des phrases complètes comme vu ci-dessus.