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Lesson 14.53A1
Dates & Calendar
తేదీలు మరియు క్యాలెండర్
Beyond clock time, German exam forms and conversations constantly ask for dates — days of the week, months, and your birthdate — building on the numbers you already know.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
Ordinal numbers for dates, not cardinal ones
German
der erste Mai (May 1st — erste, an ordinal, not eins)
Telugu
మే మొదటి తారీకు (May first date — మొదటి, an ordinal, not ఒకటి)
Just as Telugu switches from ఒకటి ('one') to మొదటి ('first') when naming a date, German switches from eins to erste (and der zweite, der dritte...) for dates. This ordinal pattern is a small, closed set worth memorizing directly rather than deriving from the cardinal numbers you already know.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch...MOHN-tahk, DEENS-tahk, MIT-vokh
- Telugu
- సోమవారం, మంగళవారం, బుధవారం...somavaaram, mangalavaaram, budhavaaram...
- English
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
Januar, Februar, März...YAH-noo-ahr, FAY-broo-ahr, mairts
- Telugu
- జనవరి, ఫిబ్రవరి, మార్చి...janavari, phibravari, maarchi...
- English
- January, February, March...
der erste / zweite / drittedair AIRS-teh / TSVY-teh / DRIT-eh
- Telugu
- మొదటి / రెండవ / మూడవmodati / rendava / moodava
- English
- the first / second / third
Welches Datum ist heute?VEL-khes DAH-toom ist HOY-teh
- Telugu
- ఈరోజు తారీకు ఏమిటి?eeroju thaareeku yemiti?
- English
- What's the date today?
mein Geburtsdatummyn geh-BOORTS-dah-toom
- Telugu
- నా పుట్టిన తేదీnaa puttina thedee
- English
- my date of birth