254 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING
... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ...The reading for differs depending on what it’s used to mean:
refers to the first day of the month, but the reading is
also possible, in which case it refers to a single day in duration. For every
other number under 32, refers to both day of the month and length of
duration in days. Any number above 31 automatically only means ”days
of duration”, since months only go up to the 31st at best. Because of this,
34, 44, etc have the pronunciation ( ) instead of.
An example sentence would be:
”(We) stayed 2 days and one night.”In this sentence a counter that won’t be treated separately,
, is
used which means ”nights of stay”.
There are two question words regarding dates; we can be either use
, which means ”when”, or we can use the counter question word
.
We can also ask about the length of duration in days, for which we can use
two question words too: , for approximate duration, and ,
for exact duration.
Aside from being able to count days, it’s also good to be able to
name the immediate past and future days:
three days ago (2 days before yesterday)
day before yesterday
yesterday
today
”the day in question”
tomorrow
day after tomorrow
in three days (2 days after tomorrow)