Hoy os traemos algunos trucos para decir y escribir correctamente la fecha en inglés.
Hay que tener en cuenta sobre todo:
-si es escrito o hablado
-si es inglés británico o americano
Te lo explicamos en un “plis”.
There are two ways of saying the date in English
British English
It’s written: day + month
E.g. 22nd November
But you say:
the twenty second of November
American English
It’s written: month + day
E.g. November, 22
But you say:
November the twenty second
Be careful with the day/month or month/day because in some cases it makes a big difference:
E.g.
American English 4/6/17 (month/day/year) > May 6, 2017
British English 6/4/17 (day/month/year) > 4th June 2017 Big difference!
Other things to keep in mind:
Days: we always use ordinal numbers for the spoken date in English (in British English you also write it but in American English you don’t)
1st-first
2nd-second
3rd-third
4th-fourth
5th-fifth
6th-sixth
7th-seventh
8th-eighth
9th-ninth
10th-tenth
etc…
Months: you always write months with a capital letter at the start
December-right
december-wrong
Years: when you speak about years, they are usually divided into two parts
2017 twenty-seventeen
1978 nineteen-seventy eight
*Except for: years between 2001-2010
E.g. 2005 – we say two thousand and five
Continuamos con la serie de posts sobre phrasal verbs para que cada vez te resulte más fácil conocerlos y empezar a utilizarlos. Esta vez prestaremos atención a varios phrasal verbs con come de uso habitual. Como siempre, os los presentamos con definiciones y ejemplos para que quede más claro.
Come on, let’s go! Comenzamos! ✏️
Come about – to happen or occur – suceder, ocurrir.
E.g.
How did this situation come about?
How did the fire come about?
Come across – to find by chance / accident – encontrar por casualidad.
E.g.
I came across some old photographs when I cleaned up the attic.
She came across Rob when she was at the bank.
Come along – to develop, to make progress – desarrollar, progresar (o hacer progresos).
E.g.
How is the project coming along?
I think we are coming along, we expect to finish soon.
Come along – to appear or to arrive – llegar, aparecer.
E.g.
A bus should come along any minute now.
An opportunity came along and I took the job.
Come along – to go somewhere with someone – acompañar.
E.g.
We are going to have a coffee. Would you like to come along?
Come back – to return – volver.
E.g.
He’s not here at the moment. Could you come back later?
Come by – to be able to get something difficult – conseguir.
E.g.
Cheap organic food it’s not easy to come by.
How did you come by that wonderful apartment?
Come down with – to become ill – caer enfermo.
E.g.
I’m not feeling well, I think I’m coming down with a cold.
Come forward – to offer to do something, to volunteer – ofrecerse, presentarse voluntario.
E.g.
Only one person of the team came forward to help.
Come over – to visit someone in their house – visitar, pasarse a ver.
E.g.
Will you come over on Friday evening?
His parents are coming over for the weekend.
Come out – to become known- conocerse, salir a la luz.
E.g.
The truth will come out sooner or later.
When is the new edition coming out?
Come (a)round – to change your opinion – cambiar de opinión (dejarse convencer).
E.g.
In the end, we came round and accepted their expert advice.
I think they will come round to our way of seeing things.
Come (a)round – to visit someone – pasarse a ver.
E.g.
Sure, come (a)round! I can show my new collection.
Come round – to recover consciousness – recobrar la consciencia.
E.g.
She was coming round, but she was a bit confused after the surgery.
Come up – appear, happen, occur (unexpectedly) – ocurrir, surgir.
E.g.
I’m sorry I miss the meeting, something came up in the last minute.
Come up with – to think of an idea/ a plan – pensar, dar con una idea o un plan.
E.g.
They came up with a fantastic plan to make processes more efficient.
Los phrasal verbs son un tema recurrente a la hora de aprender inglés y una forma de ampliar vocabulario y comunicarnos como lo haría un hablante nativo, échale un vistazo a otros posts de esta serie sobre phrasal verbs aquí ????
???? Phrasal verbs con take
???? Phrasal verbs con get
???? Phrasal verbs con look
Es importante aprender a usar los phrasal verbs en un contexto adecuado y también es necesario identificarlos cuando los utilizan los hablantes nativos, así te resultará un poco menos «tricky». Presta atención y observa cómo los usan para después ponerlos en práctica en tu speaking.
Come on! You can do it!
