1. Date
Before learning how to say the date in English, you should know about ordinal numbers
(first, second, third, etc) instead of cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc). Let’s look at these
ordinal numbers:
• 1st – first
• 2nd – second
• 3rd – third
• 4th – fourth
• 5th – fifth
• 6th – sixth
• 7th – seventh
• 8th – eighth
• 9th – ninth
• 10th – tenth
• 11th – eleventh
• 12th – twelfth
• 13th – thirteenth
• 14th – fourteenth
• 15th – fifteenth
• 16th – sixteenth
• 17th – seventeenth
• 18th – eighteenth
• 19th – nineteenth
The numbers ending in -ty, like 20 and 30, change the -y to -i and add -eth. For example:
• 20th – twentieth
• 30th – thirtieth
• 21st – twenty-first
• 22nd – twenty-second
• 23rd – twenty-third
• 24th – twenty-fourth
• 25th – twenty-fifth
• 26th – twenty-sixth
• 27th – twenty-seventh
• 28th – twenty-eighth
• 29th – twenty-ninth
• 30th – thirtieth
• 31st – thirty-first
2. Days, Months, and Years
Nama Hari dalam Bahasa Inggris
Monday = Senin
Tuesday = Selasa
Wednesday = Rabu
Thursday = Kamis
Friday = Jumat
Saturday = Sabtu
Sunday = Minggu
Jam tepat = Jika jam menunjukkan jam tepat/pas (jarum panjang tepat ke angka 12) maka kita
harus mengatakan seperti ini:
It's seven o'clock (Jam tujuh tepat 07.00)
It's nine o'clock (Jam sembilan tepat/ 09.00)
It's eleven o'clock (Jam sebelas tepat/ 11.00)
Jam lebih = Jika jarum panjang jam menunjukkan lebih 1-30 menit, maka kita harus
mengatakan:
It's ten minutes past nine (Jam 8 lebih sepuluh menit/ 08.10)
It's a quarter past eleven (Jam sebelas lebih lima belas menit/ 11.15)
It's a half past twelve (Jam dua belas lebih tiga puluh menit/ setengah satu / 12.30)
Jam kurang = Jika jarum panjang menunjukkan lebih dari 31 menit ke atas, maka kita harus
mengatakan:
It's ten to nine (Jam sembilan kurang sepuluh menit/ 09.50)
It's five to three (Jam tiga kurang lima menit/ 02.55)
It's a quarter to five (Jam lima kurang lima belas menit/ 04.45)
– at night
At
– at 7 o’clock
→ night
– at 6.35 p.m.
→ clock
– at Christmas
→ holidays
– at the weekend
On – on Mondays
→ days of the week – on (the) 5th (of) June
→ dates – on my birthday
→ particular day – on the following day
In
– in the morning
→ parts of the day
– in December
→ months
– in winter
→ seasons
– in 2015
→ years
– in the 1990’s
→ decades
– in the 20th century
→ centuries