Days, Months, and Dates

What you’ll learn

Understand calendar words and give clear dates.

យល់ពាក្យប្រតិទិន និងប្រាប់កាលបរិច្ឆេទច្បាស់។

Meaning and use

Days, months, and dates place events on a calendar. Capitalise names such as Monday and January. Use on with a day or date and in with a month or year. Numeric dates can be interpreted differently in different countries, so writing the month as a word helps avoid confusion.

ឈ្មោះថ្ងៃ និងខែត្រូវចាប់ផ្ដើមអក្សរធំ។ ប្រើ on ជាមួយថ្ងៃឬកាលបរិច្ឆេទ និង in ជាមួយខែឬឆ្នាំ។ សរសេរឈ្មោះខែជាពាក្យដើម្បីកុំឱ្យច្រឡំលេខថ្ងៃខែ។

Key words and phrases

Word or phrase	Meaning and use
Monday (noun)	ថ្ងៃចន្ទ — on Monday
Friday (noun)	ថ្ងៃសុក្រ — on Friday
weekend (noun)	ចុងសប្ដាហ៍ — at the weekend / on the weekend
January (noun)	ខែមករា — in January
June (noun)	ខែមិថុនា — in June
date (noun)	កាលបរិច្ឆេទ — the date of the meeting
yesterday (adverb)	ម្សិលមិញ — I called yesterday.
tomorrow (adverb)	ថ្ងៃស្អែក — See you tomorrow.

Examples

1. The class starts on Monday.

   ថ្នាក់ចាប់ផ្ដើមថ្ងៃចន្ទ។

2. My birthday is in June.

   ថ្ងៃកំណើតខ្ញុំនៅខែមិថុនា។

3. The meeting is on 12 January.

   កិច្ចប្រជុំនៅថ្ងៃទី១២ ខែមករា។

4. I will call you tomorrow.

   ខ្ញុំនឹងទូរស័ព្ទទៅអ្នកស្អែក។

Everyday conversation

Dara: What date is the workshop?

Maly: 12 January.

Dara: Is that a Monday?

Maly: Let me check the calendar.

Common mistakes

Instead of	Use	Why
We meet in Monday.	We meet on Monday.	Use on with a day.
The course begins in january.	The course begins in January.	Month names begin with a capital letter.

Practice

Try these questions before opening the answers. Write or say each answer.

សាកល្បងឆ្លើយសំណួរទាំងនេះជាមុនសិន មុននឹងបើកមើលចម្លើយ។ អ្នកអាចសរសេរ ឬនិយាយចម្លើយរបស់អ្នក។

1. Complete: ___ June. (in/on)
2. Why might 03/04 be unclear?
3. Correct: See you on tomorrow.

Answers and explanations

Show answers / បង្ហាញចម្លើយ

1. in

   Use in with a month.

2. It can mean 3 April or March 4, depending on date convention.

   Writing the month avoids the ambiguity.

3. See you tomorrow.

   Tomorrow normally needs no preposition in this use.

Quick recap

• Capitalise day and month names.
• Use on for days and in for months.
• Write the month when a numeric date could be ambiguous.