MONTH DATES BIRTHDAY OTANJYOOBI Q When is your

MONTH& DATES

BIRTHDAY – OTANJYOOBI おたんじょうび Q: When is your birthday? Otanjyoobi wa itsu desu ka. To answer, let’s learn the months and dates first.

MONTH GATSU Enlish Japanese January February March Ichi gatsu Ni gatsu San gatsu April May June Shi gatsu Go gatsu Roku gatsu がつ 月 July August September October Shichi gatsu Hachi gatsu Kyu gatsu Juu gatsu November December Juu ichi gatsu Juu ni gatsu 1. Write all the months in Kanji e. g. January = 一月 2. Now practice telling someone that your birthday is in which month. tanjoubi wa month desu. (My) birthday is in month.

DATES FOR THE FIRST TEN DAYS English Japanese First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Nineth Tenth Tsuitachi Futsuka Mikka Yokka Itsuka Muika Nanoka Youka Kokonoka Tooka After the tenth day: Number + nichi 日 Nichi日 =day Eg. 15 th – juugo nichi 23 rd- nijuusan nichi Exception: 14 th – jyuuyokka 20 th – hatsuka 24 th- nijuuyokka

Now try to put the month and dates together : Q: Otanjoubi wa itsu desu ka. Itsu = when A: My birthday is ____(month) ____(date) Tanjyoobi wa ____gatsu ____nichi desu. Task: Ask three people in the class when their birthdays are. Tanjoubi omedetou = Happy Birthday

WRITE DOWN THE DATES IN ENGLISH FOR THE FOLLOWING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ni gatsu yokka Yon gatsu futsuka Roku gatsu juu san nichi Juu gatsu ni juu roku nichi 一月三日 三月十一日 五月二十五日 十一月十九日 七月三十日