Spanish grammar - The Days of the Week - ¿Qué día es hoy? |
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Talking about days of the week in Spanish has some nuances. • Asking about the day of the week we can say 'What day is today?' - ¿Qué día es hoy? • All the days of the week are masculine. • To say 'on' a particular day just the definite article (el) is required - no preposition is needed. -- NOT en sábado, NOT a sábado, NOT al sábado - just el sábado. • To say 'every' some-day-of-the-week, we use the plural and the plural definite article (los). • The days of the week are not capitalized in Spanish. • The Spanish week starts on Monday. • los días de la semana means 'the days of the week' - all seven days. • los días laborables and entre semana mean 'weekdays' - Mon-day to Friday. • el fin de semana means 'the weekend'. With the article el it means 'every weekend'. |
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¿Qué día es? Es lunes.
What day is it? It's Monday.
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¿Qué día es? Es martes.
What day is it? It is Tuesday.
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¿Qué día es hoy? Hoy es miércoles.
What day is it today? Today is Wednesday.
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¿Qué día llegas (tú)?
What day are (you, familiar) arriving? |
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Llego el jueves.
(I) arrive on Thursday.
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La reunión es el viernes.
The meeting is Friday.
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La fiesta es este sábado.
The party is this Saturday.
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¿Qué días de la semana trabajas (tú)?
What days of the week do (you, familiar) work? |
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No trabajo este miércoles.
(I) don't work this Wednesday. |
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Normalmente no trabajo los miércoles.
(I) normally don't work on Wednesdays. |
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Odio los lunes.
(I) hate Mondays.
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Los viernes son mi día favorito de la semana.
Fridays are my favorite day of the week.
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Comemos bagels para el desayuno los sábados.
(We) eat bagels for breakfast on Saturdays. |
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Comemos bagels para el desayuno todos los sábados.
(We) eat bagels for breakfast every Saturday. |
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¿Entrenas todos los días de la semana?
Do (you, familiar) train every day of the week?
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La panadería está abierta todos los días de la semana excepto los domingos.
The bakery is open every day of the week except Sundays.
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Solo cocinamos entre semana, los fines de semana comemos fuera.
(We) only cook on weekdays - on weekends (we) eat out.
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Este fin de semana fuimos a la playa.
This weekend (we) went to the beach. |
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Los fines de semana descansamos en casa.
On weekends (we) rest at home. |
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¿En qué día cae la Navidad este año?
On what day does Christmas fall this year? |
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