MFLE

Italian Reference Grammar - Date, numbers and weather

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The date

Apart from 'the first', which is 'il primo', cardinal numbers are used with dates. The word for 'of' when giving the date in Italian is optional.

For example:

  • il primo marzo - the first of March
  • il due (di) marzo - the second of March
  • il dieci (di) marzo - the 15th of March
  • il trenta (di) marzo - the 30th of March

To say 'on' with a date, simply use the form 'il dieci marzo del 1978'.

'Nel' is used when giving the year only:

Anna รจ nata nel 1978 -  Anna was born in 1978.