How to say dates in English - Days, Months and Years

[mtc1982mtc]

From Brazil

From Marcio

Hello... how do you do?

My name is Marcio and am a Brazilian.

Where are you from? Are you Bristish?

Hugs!

[Englischbox]

@mtc1982mtc Yes indeed I am British. Where are you from in Brazil?

[lydgc]

You have a little mistake in the ordinal numbers. you forget the "9th", it's:

8th- eighth

9th- ninth

Thanks for the video :)

[Englischbox]

@lydgc Yep, I know, I would say 'just testing', but that would be to reiterate a very old cliche. So well spotted and I'll try my best to avoid such errors in the future.

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

thanks a lot! very useful!

ciao!

[Englischbox]

@MsIthinkthereforeIam Your're very welcome :)

[MrHarryStottle]

Actually you have me at a disadvantage because I hadn't intended to enter into a dialogue, especially on the internet. Had I realized that such a task would have been so difficult I would have made mine own. Would it be that such time were available but. alas it is not and no one would pay me, to boot. So, like you, I withdraw, to search no more, save to say "listen again to your video"

[MrHarryStottle]

Thank you for getting back to me. I thought my comments were self explanatory but I wouldn't want you to think you were being ignored.Perhaps you have listened to your own video so many times that the difference has been lost on you. I pointed out a problem and you said because you were a native you were correct. In fact its clear that you used that subtlety to mask the difference rather than to speak naturally.There is a distinction, let it be heard ,naturally and away with the vagueness.

[Englischbox]

@MrHarryStottle I can only apologise that you have been left so disappointed. Good luck with your continued search and thank you for not ignoring me.

[forramelagalleta]

@MrHarryStottle:I want to point out that the pronunciation is British, and that the benefit of the lessons far exceeded the phonetic glitches you may find, specially for non natives who need or needed to learn the best they could, so let's just appreciate the man's effort, and be glad you are not found wanting regarding your English skills as i was.

PS, I learned trough listening AM radio, online dictionary's and test's, etc..the point here,?? EVERYTHING helps!. just add some good will.

peace.

[Englischbox]

@forramelagalleta Thank you for your defense! The microphone may not have picked up the soft -th sound at the end of each ordinal -teen, but it's definitely there! There are approximately two billion videos explaining the pronunciation of 'th' on YouTube, and I was more interested in teaching dates than a detailed pronunciation lesson. Glad it helped you and thanks for the comment!

[MrHarryStottle]

Its so difficult to find correct pronunciation of ordinal numbers and yet again my attempts have been frustrated. Your pronunciation of the "teen" ordinals is incorrect and it sounds like you are saying thirty, forty, fifty etc. Its disappointing to find someone who has put so much effort into being wrong.

The search continues.....................­.......................

[Englischbox]

@MrHarryStottle Please explain to me how a native speaker's pronunciation can be incorrect? To a native speaker's ears the difference between 'thirty' and 'thirteenth' is obvious - perhaps it's just a question of not being sensitised to what I imagine is a very subtle difference for a non-native speaker.

[Nicole3900]

@MrHarryStottle It's probably because of his English accent. Maybe American English will be better for you to learn. (I suggest to learn both pronunciations so you can learn how to understand different English accents. Same with others like Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Scottish....etc.)

[87mikegv]

Thnak you very, very very much!

[MDCperu]

you must correct 8th=eighth

[SELVAchannel]

Hello! I'm a native English speaker from the US and when saying or reading dates I leave out the "the" as shown in your second example. For example, to say "June 6" I would say, "June sixth" instead of "June THE sixth." However, it sounds fine either way to me. Thank you for sharing the lesson!

[AndreR241]

Very usefull, especially the ordinal numbers. As you said, it's a pain to pronounce them for non native speakers.