Calendario/ Calendar
EL CALENDARIO
When talking about our classes, it is important to know the calendar. When do you start school? What days do you have classes? These are questions that someone might ask you. The first picture below is a weekly calendar. Something to note is that, unlike the American calendar, the Spanish calendar starts on Monday. Below we have a picture with the months of the year, and a picture of seasons of the year. An interesting note is that when you write a date in Spain and most Latin American countries, it is the day of the week, the day of the month, the month, and the year. For example, “miércoles 7 de enero del 2023.” Another note is that, days of the week, months and seasons of the year are not capitalized as they are done in English.
Hover over all the words that are in días de la semana, meses del año y las estaciones del año, to hear their pronunciation.
Días de la semana
Meses del año
Estaciones del año
PRÁCTICA
Now that you have learned about the calendar in Spanish, let’s practice.
Ejercicio 1
Look at the chart below with the different independence days of the Latin American countries. Then answer the questions below. Note: dates are day then month.
 Argentina 9/7 |
 El Salvador 15/9 |
 Paraguay 14/5 y 15/5 |
 Bolivia 6/8 |
 Guatemala 15/9 |
 Perú 28/7 |
 Chile 12/2 |
 Honduras 15/9 |
 República Dominicana 27/2 |
 Colombia 20/7 y 7/8 |
 México 16/9 |
 Uruguay 25/8 |
 Costa Rica 15/9 |
 Nicaragua 15/9 |
 Venezuela 5/7 |
 Ecuador 10/8 y 24/5 |
 Panamá 28/11 |
Ejercicio 2
Ejercicio 3
Ejercicio 4