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Old July 09, 2009, 04:32 PM
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Talking Short Poem about the Months

Not a Limerick but a short poem about the months:

Thirty days hath September
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Not a Limerick but a short poem about the months:

Thirty days hath September
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Yo lo sé en español

Treinta días tiene septiembre,
con abril, junio y noviembre.
Veintiocho sólo tiene uno
y los demás treinta y uno.

Aprovecho la ocasión para comentar que en español no se suelen escribir los números cardinales con cifras, sino con letras (salvo que sean cifras concretas: 10 €, por ejemplo). Se escriben como una palabra completa (dieciséis, diecisiete, veinticinco, veintiocho, etc.) hasta el treinta, en que pasan a escribirse por separado: treinta y uno, treinta y dos, cuarenta y cinco, cincuenta y siete, setenta y tres, noventa y seis, etc. En un principio no es correcto escribir: Juan tiene 35 años, sino "treinta y cinco" años.
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Yo lo sé en español

Treinta días tiene septiembre,
con abril, junio y noviembre.
Veintiocho sólo tiene uno
y los demás treinta y uno.

Aprovecho la ocasión para comentar que en español no se suelen escribir los números cardinales con cifras, sino con letras (salvo que sean cifras concretas: 10 €, por ejemplo). Se escriben como una palabra completa (dieciséis, diecisiete, veinticinco, veintiocho, etc.) hasta el treinta, en que pasan a escribirse por separado: treinta y uno, treinta y dos, cuarenta y cinco, cincuenta y siete, setenta y tres, noventa y seis, etc. En un principio no es correcto escribir: Juan tiene 35 años, sino "treinta y cinco" años.

Yes Irmamar, I can see much in your country the money's sing that it mean Euro.

What is the valor of the Euro normally?


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It mean money.
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Yo lo sé en español

Treinta días tiene septiembre,
con abril, junio y noviembre.
Veintiocho sólo tiene uno
y los demás treinta y uno.

Aprovecho la ocasión para comentar que en español no se suelen escribir los números cardinales con cifras, sino con letras (salvo que sean cifras concretas: 10 €, por ejemplo). Se escriben como una palabra completa (dieciséis, diecisiete, veinticinco, veintiocho, etc.) hasta el treinta, en que pasan a escribirse por separado: treinta y uno, treinta y dos, cuarenta y cinco, cincuenta y siete, setenta y tres, noventa y seis, etc. En un principio no es correcto escribir: Juan tiene 35 años, sino "treinta y cinco" años.
Me gusta bien tu poesia, pero la mía es la mas corte!!!
¿Cómo se dice the twentieth century?

el siglo veinte el siglo 20 el siglo XX
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Me gusta mucho tu poesia, pero la mía es la mas corta!!!
¿Cómo se dice the twentieth century?

El siglo veinte el siglo 20 el siglo XX
The answer to your questions is Siglo veinte.

I have a bit corrections for your post.
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¡¡¡Me gusta bien tu poesía, pero la mía es la más corta!!!
¿Cómo se dice the twentieth century?

el siglo veinte el siglo 20 el siglo XX

Puedes decir "Siglo Veinte" (a algunos no les gustan las mayúsculas, pero a mí me enseñaron a usarlas), "Siglo XX" o abreviarlo "s. XX".
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The Spanish version of this poem is surprisingly close to the English version (not the short and sweet one that Brute posted - that's for those of us with 'old timers' disease ).
Here it is in English:

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
Of twenty-eight there is but one,
And all the rest have thirty-one.
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The Spanish version of this poem is surprisingly close to the English version (not the short and sweet one that Brute posted - that's for those of us with 'old timers' disease ).
Here it is in English:

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
Of twenty-eight there is but one,
And all the rest have thirty-one.
You only are telling us about the months, I don't know about a poem who speak the months.

But if you do a search in the internet, then you will find a lo of poem about them.

Something else. I liked so much your poem or it at least was a attempt.
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Not a Limerick but a short poem about the months:

Thirty days hath September
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Ese poema es muy corto! Yo no le llamaría un poema, sino una frase
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Ese poema es muy corto! Yo no le llamaría un poema, sino una frase
I am a poet, and I didn't know it!
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I am a poet, and I didn't know it!
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Perhaps we should rename this thread "Short Poem of the Month"¿¿¿??
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perhaps we should rename this thread "short poem of the month"¿¿¿??
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The Spanish version of this poem is surprisingly close to the English version (not the short and sweet one that Brute posted - that's for those of us with 'old timers' disease ).
Here it is in English:

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
Of twenty-eight there is but one,
And all the rest have thirty-one.
I learnt another version:
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
But February which has twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in a leap year.

Another quick way to tell which months have 31 days:
Close one hand into a fist. Each individual knuckle is a month with 31 days. The space between knuckles is a month with fewer days.
Start at knuckle of index finger = January
The space in between index finger knuckle and middle finger knuckle is February.
Middle finger knuckle is March and so on.
Hope you understand. It's definitely easier to show than describe.
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