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- "Today is February second."
"Today is February second."
Translation:今日は二月二日です。
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Pretty much only the US uses that format. Japan actually uses year month day format. To make it more confusing they use 2 different systems day to day. There's the Gregorian calendar then there's the imperial calendar. They starting from the year the Emperor was crowned. As an example, in the 10th year of the Showa emperor would be Showa 10.
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Can someone explain to me the pronounciatiin of days, and why 'second' is not pronounced 'ni nichi' please??
二 日 would have be together as it would be "two days" when seperated. When it appears as 二日 it is classified 2nd.
As the sentence said "February 2nd" the sentence was actually "Today is February Two Days."
But you can use it in sentences like: 彼女は_に二日かかりました。(She took two days to ___.) or 二日間雨が降っています。(It's been raining for two days)
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Particle の is not necessary for dates. However you can use の like in the following example, 来週の月曜日.