📅 Day 1 – Activity 7: Ordinal Numbers & Dates 🇩🇪
Learn how to say 1st, 2nd, 3rd… and full dates in German. Listen, repeat, and understand how dates are used in everyday life!
🔢 Ordinal Numbers (1st–31st)
🗓️ Common Date Expressions
🇩🇪 der erste Januar — The first of January
🇩🇪 am dritten März — on the third of March
🇩🇪 der fünfundzwanzigste Dezember — the twenty-fifth of December
🇩🇪 Mein Geburtstag ist am achten Juni. — My birthday is on June 8th.
🇩🇪 German Culture — Dates in Daily Life
- 📅 In Germany, dates are written as Tag.Monat.Jahr → 03.05.2025 = 3rd May 2025.
- 🕓 Ordinals are used for dates: am ersten Mai (on May 1st).
- 🧾 Official forms often use numeric format (01.01.2025).
🧠 Fun Facts & Tips 💡
- 🎶 “Der erste Mai” is also a famous song about Labour Day.
- 🇩🇪 Germans rarely say “on May first” — they prefer “am ersten Mai”.
- 💙 Tip for Indian learners: “der dritte Mai” feels similar to Hindi ordinal patterns like “तीसरा मई”.
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