Breakdown of Wij trainen op maandag en op donderdag.
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and
wij
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op
on
maandag
Monday
donderdag
Thursday
trainen
to train
Questions & Answers about Wij trainen op maandag en op donderdag.
Why are maandag and donderdag not capitalized in Dutch?
In Dutch, days of the week, months, and seasons are written with lowercase letters unless they are the very first word of a sentence.
Does op always translate to 'on' for days of the week?
Yes! Just like in English, you use op to say that something happens on a specific day. It is a direct match with the English 'on'.
Do I have to repeat op before donderdag, or can I drop it?
You can drop the second op. Saying op maandag en donderdag is perfectly correct and very common. Repeating op in this sentence just makes it sound a little more deliberate or structured.
If we train every Monday, shouldn't it be plural, like 'on Mondays'?
In Dutch, using the singular op maandag with a present tense verb usually implies a regular weekly routine anyway. If you really want to emphasize 'Mondays' as a plural, you can say 's maandags or op maandags, but op maandag is completely natural here.
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