DATES & YEARS in British & American English

Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy

大家好，歡迎來到 English with lucy

today I am going to correct an error that many of you

今天我們要糾正那些你可能說錯的英文

have been making.

I'm gonna tell you how to say and write dates properly.

我要告訴你如何正確的寫或說英文的日期

Now, the main thing that confuses people, is the difference

最主要會混淆的是

between American Dates and British Dates.

英式和美式的日期表示方式不同

Americans would say the month first,

美國會先說月份

then the day,

再來日期

then the year.

最后是年

British people however, would say the day first,

英國人則會先說日期

then the month,

再來月份

then the year.

最后是年

So that's the main difference,

这是最主要的不同

I would say my date of birth at the 10th of June 1994

我會說我的生日是 10th of June 1994(10日6月1994年)

Americans would say June 10th 1994

而美國人說 June 10th 1994(6月10日1994年)

Now another error that people make is that they get confused between cardinal and ordinal numbers.

還有一個錯誤是，很多人會搞混基數和序數

Here are the cardinal numbers:

這些是基數

one,

一

two,

three,

二

三

four,

five.

四

五

Then, we have the ordinal numbers:

然後這些是序數

first,

second,

第一

第二

third,

第三

fourth,

第四

fifth.

第五

See the difference?

看出不同了嗎?

Cardinal

基數

Ordinal

序數

Now, the abbreviation of ordinal numbers are as follows: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.

然後序數的縮寫是 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

And so on.

以此類推

And we will always use this format when writing out dates in full.

當應寫出完整的日期時，我們會用這種寫法

It's very rare to see an unabbreviated ordinal number in a written date.

不用縮寫來寫日期(序數)是很少見的

This is just waste of space.

那樣只會浪費空間

Like many things on this planet.

就像地球上的很多事物一樣

Another error is that students often forget

另一個錯誤是很多學生會忘記

that we write months with a capital letter.

寫月份時，第一個字母要大寫

Make sure you fully understand the pronunciation of the months of the year.

確定你可以完整了解年份和月的發音

If you have any doubts about how to learn pronunciation you can see this video

如果你對於發音還有疑問，你可以點這上面

in the card above.

去看這部影片

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

1月，2月，3月，4月，5月，6月，7月，8月，9月，10月，11月，12月

Witch month is your favourite?

你最喜歡哪一個月呢?

Comment bellow and tell me why.

在底下留言

So,

以上

that's is how you write the date.

就是如何用英文寫日期

In English the 10th of June 1994

英國人 : the 10th of June 1994

and in American June 10th 1994.

美國人 : June 10th 1994

Now, did you hear me when I read out the British version?

你有聽到我英式版本怎麼說?

It's written 10th June 1994

是寫10th June 1994

but I said (the) 10th (of) June 1994.

但是我說 (the) 10th (of) June 1994.

So, you don't need to write 'the' and 'of' but you need to say it.

你不需要寫the和of，但是要說出來

If you say 'My birthday is 10th June 1994'

如果你說我的生日是 10th June 1994

it sounds a little bit weird, it sounds a bit forced and unnatural.

聽起來有點奇怪，不太自然

So you want to say 'My birthday is the 10th of June 1994'

所以你要說我的生日是the 10th of June 1994

In American English this is not essential.

在美國則不必要加the 和 of

My birthday is June 10th 1994.

My birthday is June 10th 1994.

Now, something else tend to be really confused, is how to say years.

很多人回疑惑如何說年份的英文

With years before the millennium (1994)

在2000年以前(1994)

we know that we split it up into 2 sections:

我們知道要分成兩個部分講

18|25 ,

18|25

10|66.

10|66

10|66 for example

10|66 的例子

Let me get past the year 2000 it starts to get a little bit more complicated.

2000年以後則有點複雜

Now, there are two acceptable ways of saying the dates:

有兩種說法都是可以接受的

You can say twenty and then the number

你可以說20??

although, with the years before two thousand and ten you want to say

雖然在2010年以前你必須說

o9

o9

We'll say twenty o eight, twenty o nine, twenty ten.

說20歐8，20歐9, 2010

Otherwise, if you say twenty nine, it sounds like

不然如果你說twenty nine聽起來很像是

the number 29.

數字29

So,

所以

you need to say twenty o nine.

你必須說twenty o nine.

I have a prefer to say the full number. I like to say:

我比較喜歡說出全名，像

two thousand and seventeen.

2017

The important thing that you must remember is the 'and'.

有一件事情很重要就是你必須記得加and

It is absolutely essential that you include the 'and' when you say a date starting with the year 2000.

當你要說2000年以後是一定要加and的

two thousand and one (2001),

two thousand and one (2001),

two thousand and ten (2010),

two thousand and ten (2010),

two thousand and seventeen (2017).

two thousand and seventeen (2017).

Now, did you hear I say n, n,

你有聽到我說嗯，恩

I just add an extra syllable and go in, in

我只是加了一個音節"恩"

two thousand and one,

two thousand and one,

two thousand and seventeen

two thousand and seventeen

so I'm using the schwa sound

我用聯結音 (schwa sound 不確定中文怎麼翻)

two thousand and seventeen,

two thousand and seventeen,

two thousand and twelve.

two thousand and twelve.

So, there you have it!

你學會了

So there you have it, the definitive guide on how to read dates in English!

現在你有方法知道要怎麼用英文說日期了

I hope that was usefull for you, I hope you learned something.

我希望對你有用，也希望你學到東西了

Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.

不要忘記去我所有的社交平台

You've got my Instagram and my Facebook where I host a free live pronunciation lesson every sunday at 16:30 GMT.

在我的IG和FB有live直播教你如何發音的課程，在星期日的16:30分(台灣時間星期一的凌晨00:30)

Don't forget to give this video a like and if this is your first time visiting make sure you subscribe.

不要忘了幫影片案個讚，第一次來的話也請確定你有訂閱

I will see you soon for another lesson.

下一堂課再見

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When we get pass the millennium

過了2000年以後

When we get pass the year two thousand

過了2000年以後