DATES
I. YEARS
Split the year into two parts and say them:
1869 (18,69)
eighteen sixty-nine
1937 (19,37)
2020 (20,20)
nineteen thirty-seven
twenty twenty
when the second part starts with “0”, say it like “oh” and then say the next number:
1807 (18,07)
1509 (15,09)
eighteen oh seven
fifteen oh nine
for years between 2000 and 2010, say the exact number:
2001
two thousand (and) one
2004
2009
two thousand (and) four
two thousand (and) nine
for years 2011+, you can either say the exact number, or split it into two parts:
2011
2015
two thousand (and) eleven
twenty eleven
two thousand (and) fifteen
twenty fifteen
Practice saying the years:
1955
1805
2002
1999
2014
2000
1902
1666
1945
2009
2050
1900
II.
Ordinal numbers
For most cardinal numbers, you will have to add “th” after the number:
4th
fourth
13th
thirteenth
25th
twenty-fifth
30th
thirtieth
the first three ordinal numbers are exceptions:
1st
first
2nd
second
3rd
third
you also have to use them when they appear in other numbers, e.g. in 31st:
31st
thirty-first
III.
For a full date, you will also need two more words:
24/3
the twenty-fourth of March
Now practice saying these dates:
14/7/1997
2/11/1909
6/1/2022
30/12/2021
5/5/2005
3/4/2013
1/6/1986
31/2/2019
Do you know the dates?
When is. . .
Christmas Eve?
New Year’s Eve?
Easter?
When did. . .
the Second World War start?
Poland regain its independence?
communism end in Poland? (year only)
Poland join the European Union?