Learn Spanish Ornaments

In the previous lesson we learned the . In this one we will learn how to write, pronounce and use the vocabulary for months of the year in Spanish – “los meses del año”. We prepared several basic conversations with some important questions and expressions using the core words in the lesson. You will also have the chance to practice listening and test if you understand what is explained with two quizzes.  

Introductory video: Months of the year in Spanish - Months of the Year

First, we will watch a video including the 12 months of the year in Spanish. Each picture in the video includes an expression related to “los meses”, which you will also see in the conversations in this lesson. Pay attention to the way the months are written and pronounced in the language, and make sure to stick until the end of the video so you can understand the rest of the lesson easily.

Making sentences & questions with the months in Spanish (conversations)

The preposition EN is often used before months meaning “IN” so the phrase “IN JANUARY” would correspond to “EN ENERO”. There is no need of  before the name of a month, for example: ¿Qué mes es este? – Enero. The word MES, on the other hand, can be preceded by EL and ESTE, for example: EL MES (the month) or ESTE MES (this month). In plural form it could go with LOS, ESTOS as in: Los meses (the months) and Estos meses (these months). Last, unlike English, it is totally correct not to use capital letter when writing “los meses”. In fact, you should write them in lower case unless you are beginning your sentence with a month, for example: “Enero es mi mes favorito”.

Some important questions we often ask about months are: ¿Qué mes es este? (what month is this?), ¿Cuál es tu mes favorito? (what is your favorite month?) and ¿En que mes es event? as in ¿En que mes es tu cumpleaños? (what month is your birthday?). To say the current month, “el mes actual”, we use “Estamos en mes” as in “Estamos en diciembre”. To say your favorite month in Spanish, you can use “Mi mes favorito es + mes” as in “Mi mes favorito es junio”. You can add a reason why you like a month using the word PORQUE as in “Mi mes favorito es junio porque llueve”. As you can see, the main verbs for all these expessions and questions are .

Listening practice and meaning: Months of year

Complete each of the sentences in the quiz with the information provided in the audio. Review the questions and answer them with your own information and then find a partner and ask him/her these questions. Please be careful with spelling when doing the quiz.