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- "Today is May first."
"Today is May first."
Translation:今日は五月一日です。
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Thanks Ron! Is there a place where all the different pronunciations of the numbers are laid out by situation/context?
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Great compilation but there is an error: you should use "u" (う) to elongate a syllables that ends with "o" (お).
So the 8th day should be written in hiragana as: ようか rather than よおか. Note that this is still read as yooka rather than youka, but this is how hiragana works.
Cheers!
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十日, tooka, とおか, is an exception to this rule, because unlike ような, I can't seem to find the word by hiragana as とうか in dictionary (Takoboto app).
Is は really required after 今日?
"No particle is necessary after words like きょう (KYOU = Today)、きのう (KINOU = yesterday) and あした (ASHITA = tomorrow)."
http://yesjapan.com/YJ6/question/1158/why-do-you-add-the-particle-wa-after-kyou
"WA isn't needed because KYOU is one of those time-related word thingies that doesn't need a particle. You can add a WA if you want to emphasize "today" as opposed to some other day, but it certainly isn't necessary, even in formal speech."
I think this sentence is correct without using です. Impolite or familiar, but correct.
You can't end sentences that use noun phrases (na adjectives or nouns) without a copula (です、だ、でございます）
Even if you wanted to be familiar or impolite, you would have to use だ instead of です. You can't just leave it out.
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I still cant figure out when you use one form or the other for the date, or if its completely interchangeable. いちにち or ついたち, ごがつ or さつき are two such examples. Every time I think it's one they swap it around on me and use the other.
