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(een eh- stah -teh) ( during/in the summer )
    in inverno (een een- vehr -noh) ( during/in the winter )
    Specific dates
    In Italian, you use cardinal numbers to express a specific date, except for the first day of the month. For example:
    Oggi è il primo settembre. ( ohj -jee eh eel pree -moh seht- tehm -breh.) ( Today is September 1st. )
    Domani sarà il due. (doh- mah -nee sah- rah eel dooh -eh.) ( Tomorrow is the 2nd. )
    Il mio compleanno è il quattro settembre. (eel mee -oh kohm-pleh- ahn -noh eh eel kwaht -troh seht- tehm -breh.) ( My birthday is September 4th. )
    Loro si sposano l’otto giugno. ( loh -roh see spoh -sah-noh loht -toh jooh -nyoh.) ( They are getting married June 8th. )
    Here are a few more specifics on how to note dates in Italian:
    The day and numbers always precede the name of the month.
    Lunedì, 12 maggio, è il suo compleanno. (looh-neh- dee, doh -dee-chee mahj -joh, eh eel sooh -oh kohm-pleh- ahn -noh.) ( Monday, May 12th, is his birthday. )
    Ma il suo onomastico è il 4 novembre. (mah eel sooh -oh oh-noh- mah -stee-koh eh eel kwaht -troh noh- vehm -breh.) ( But his Saint’s Day is November 4th. )
    When you make a date or an appointment in Italian, as in English, you want to specify the day, the month, and the date. For example, you may want to fill in your own calendar with appointments as you discover how to say the dates.
    Domenica, undici maggio, vado a una festa. (doh- meh -nee-kah, oohn -dee-chee mahj -joh, vah -doh ah ooh -nah feh -stah.) ( Sunday, May 11th, I’m going to a party. )
    To add a year to a date, put it after the day, number, and month.
    giovedì, 4 settembre 1947 (joh-veh- dee, kwaht -troh seht- tehm -breh meel -leh-noh-veh- chen -toh-kwah-rahn-tah- seht -the) ( Thursday, September 4, 1947 )
    l’undici ottobre 2006 ( loohn -dee-chee oht- toh -breh dooh-eh- mee -lah-sey) ( October 11, 2006 )
    To place something in a specific year, you use the contracted preposition nel ( in the ).
    Luisa è nata nel 1983. (looh- ee -sah eh nah -tah nehl meel -leh-noh-veh- chen -toht-than-tah- treh. ) ( Luisa was born in 1983. )
    Generally, you abbreviate dates in the same order you write them. In Italian, that means day/month/year. Sometimes, you may see the month written with a Roman numeral. Also, periods are often used instead of slashes. So you can write December 10, 2012, as
    10 dicembre, 2012
    10/12/2012 or 10.12.2012
    10/XII/2012 or 10.XII.2012
    To ask questions about dates, the following expressions may prove useful.
    Che giorno è oggi? (keh johr -noh eh ohj -jee?) ( What day is today? )
    E domani? (eh doh- mah -nee?) ( And tomorrow? )
    E ieri? (eh yeh -ree?) ( And yesterday? )
    E l’altro ieri? (eh lahl -troh yeh -ree?) ( And the day before yesterday? )
    E dopo domani? (eh doh -poh doh- mah -nee?) ( And the day after tomorrow? )
    Quando è il tuo compleanno? ( kwahn -doh eh eel twoh kohm-pleh- ahn -noh?) ( When is your birthday? )
    Talkin’ the Talk
    Sarah is doing a home stay with an Italian family in Castellaneta. They are getting to know each other. (Track 3)
    Host Mom: Sarah, quanti fratelli hai?
    sah -rah, kwahn -tee frah- tehl -lee ahy?
    Sarah, how many brothers and sisters do you have?
    Sarah: Ho un fratello e due sorelle.
    oh oohn frah -tehl-loh eh dweh soh- rehl -leh.
    I have one brother and two sisters.
    Host Mom: Quanti anni hanno?
    kwahn -tee ahn -nee ahn -noh?
    How old are they?
    Sarah: Mio fratello David ha dodici anni.
    mee -oh frah- tehl -loh David ah doh -dee-chee ahn -nee.
    My brother David is 12.
    Mia sorella Rebecca ne ha diciannove, e mia sorella Naomi ne ha 21.
    mee- ah soh- rehl- lah Rebecca neh hah deech -ahn- noh -veh, eh mee -ah soh- rehl -lah Naomi neh ah vehn- tooh- noh.
    My sister Rebecca is 19, and my sister Naomi is 21.
    Host Mom: E quando è il tuo compleanno?
    eh kwahn -doh eh eel tooh -oh kohm-pleh- ahn -noh?
    And when is your birthday?
    Sarah: Il ventidue maggio.
    eel vehn -tee- dweh mahj -joh.
    May