What Is Today's Date (Topic 8: Calendar)

第八课：今天是几月几号？

(Lesson 8: What Is Today's Date)

As we continue learning, let's turn our focus to dates and the calendar. We will learn the following questions and phrases.

**课文 (Lesson Text)**
Simplified Chinese Characters	Traditional Chinese Characters	Pinyin	English Translation
第八课今天是几月几号？一年有几个月? 一年有十二个月.	第八課今天是幾月幾號？一年有幾個月? 一年有十二個月.	dì bā kè jīn tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? yī nián yǒu jǐ gè yuè? yī nián yǒu shí èr gè yuè.	Lesson 8: What is today's date? How many months are there in a year? There are twelve months in a year.
一月大,二月小, 三月大,四月小, 五月大,六月小, 七月大,八月大, 九月小,十月大, 十一月小,十二月大. 小月有三十天, 大月有三十一天,	一月大,二月小, 三月大,四月小, 五月大,六月小, 七月大,八月大, 九月小,十月大, 十一月小,十二月大. 小月有三十天, 大月有三十一天,	yī yuè dà , èr yuè xiǎo, sān yuè dà , sì yuè xiǎo, wǔ yuè dà , liù yuè xiǎo, qī yuè dà , bā yuè dà, jiǔ yuè xiǎo , shí yuè dà, shí yī yuè xiǎo , shí èr yuè dà. xiǎo yuè yǒu sān shí tiān, dà yuè yǒu sān shí yī tiān,	January is a big month, February is a small month, March is a big month, April is a small month, May is a big month, June is a small month, July is a big month, August is a big month, September is a small month, October is a big month, November is a small month, December is a big month. Small months have 30 days. Big months have 31 days.
二月有时候有二十八天, 有时候有二十九天.	二月有時候有二十八天, 有時候有二十九天.	èr yuè yǒu shí hòu yǒu èr shí bā tiān, yǒu shí hòu yǒu èr shí jiǔ tiān.	February sometimes has 28 days, Sometimes it has 29 days.
今天是几月几号？今天是八月十号，昨天是几月几号？昨天是八月九号。明天是几月几号？明天是八月十一号，明天是妈妈的生日，祝妈妈生日快乐。	今天是幾月幾號？今天是八月十號，昨天是幾月幾號？昨天是八月九號。明天是幾月幾號？明天是八月十一號，明天是媽媽的生日，祝媽媽生日快樂。	jīn tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? jīn tiān shì bā yuè shí hào, zuó tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? zuó tiān shì bā yuè jiǔ hào. míng tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? míng tiān shì bā yuè shí yī hào, míng tiān shì mā mā de shēng rì, zhù mā mā shēng rì kuài lè.	What is today’s date? Today is August 10th. What was yesterday’s date? Yesterday was August 9th. What is tomorrow’s date? Tomorrow is August 11th. What day of the week is tomorrow? Tomorrow is Tuesday. Tomorrow is Mom’s birthday. Wish Mom a happy birthday.

"What Is Today's Date" (Calendar) Character Writing Handout: Instructions

Let's practice writing Chinese characters. Practicing writing is a crucial part of learning Chinese as it helps you to focus on the characters.

Download the Calendar Character Writing handout (PDF).
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- Note: this PDF is meant to be printed. We strongly encourage that you print this document to complete it successfully.
- The goal of the exercise is to get comfortable with Chinese characters by practicing how they are written by hand.

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