"八月八日は火よう日です。"

Translation: August eighth is a Tuesday.

[NikRamakrishnan]

Pronounciation Guide -

八日 - ようか (youka)

火曜日 (火よう日) - かようび (ka-you-bi)

[joshua.escamilla]

八日（ようか）8th
Not to be confused with
四日（よっか）4th

[mcallisterjp]

"The eighth of August..." should also work

[Luciel160403]

Yes. It's misleading to put normal English wrong and then only accept a dialect form.

[V2Blast]

Report it.

[AdamScott794079]

So it is! In 2017

[elec35_daniellee]

why august 8th is tuesday doesnt work?

[V2Blast]

Report it.

[MichaelBer783882]

Apparently 'The 8th of August is a Tuesday' is wrong. Reported.

[JaredTafoya]

Sounds like she's saying hachi-GATSU . . . I thought it was pronounced げつ?

[jamesjiao]

You heard it correctly. When used to mean month of a year, it is pronounced がつ

[tx91791]

Please, everyone report to Duolingo to slow down these recordings, or provide the slow option playback. How are we supposed to learn this if we can't hear what's said. WE'RE LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE!

[Gabriela984086]

Yes!!! Or at least include furigana. Pleaseee

[idiomasdaisuki]

8th August is a Tuesday.
Rejected.

I understand that Americans often/typically say "August 8th", but in British English it's very common to say "8th August".

[Jack998045]

So how long since its been reported that "the 8th of August is a Tuesday" should be accepted that its still not?

[OblastOrm]

"The eight of August is a Tuesday" still marked wrong as of August 2019...

[CharlesKelly86]

It's really hit and miss whether it accepts 曜 for よう. It's awkward when typing the day out using an IME and then having the change the kanji back to hiragana.

[IWantToNap]

Is there any reason future-tense wouldn't be acceptable here? From what I can tell they're basically interchangeable without context, right?

[outofyourleague]

はちがつようかはかようびです
apparently is wrong.
is there anything wrong with the sentence?
where do you report this kind of stuff?

[elixtwo]

I wrote "August 8th is ON a Tuesday" but it didn't like that lol