15. Dates in Italian

In Italian, like any other language we have a way to express the days of the week and months.

Days of the week in Italian

Fun fact: From Monday to Friday (Lunedi -> Venerdi), the ending is “-di” because it comes from the old latim “dies” (day).

If we would like to say something about a routine, we can say “il lunedi studio italiano” (on Mondays I study Italian).

Days of the month in Italian

We can use the months in a sentence such as:

• Il mio compleanno è a aprile (my birthday is on April)
• Andimo a vacanza a luglio (we are going on vacation on July)

Expressing dates in Italian

To express a date in Italian we follow a simple rule: il + number of the day + month + year. E.g. “Il 25 dicembre 2025”.

In order to indicate the day of the week with a date we say “Lunedi 3 aprile”.

To say the “in a month” we simply say “a gennaio”, “a febraio”, “a marzo”.