Learn French: Il va rarement à la salle de sport le week-end.

Il va rarement à la salle de sport le week-end.

He rarely goes to the gym on weekends.

Breakdown of Il va rarement à la salle de sport le week-end.

at / to / in (general locations) / about (what one thinks about / reacts to)

Questions & Answers about Il va rarement à la salle de sport le week-end.

Why is rarement placed right after va?

In French, adverbs of frequency like rarement (rarely), souvent (often), and toujours (always) usually go immediately after the conjugated verb. You wouldn't put it at the end of the sentence like you sometimes can in English.

Why is the word for gym salle de sport?

Une salle means a room or hall, and de sport means of sport. The French literally call the gym a sports room. Notice that sport is singular here, acting as a category.

The translation says on weekends, but the French is le week-end. Where is the word for on and why isn't it plural?

French doesn't use a word for on with days or weekends. Instead, putting the singular article le in front of a time period indicates a recurring habit. So le week-end means every weekend or on weekends.

Why do we say à la salle instead of just à salle?

The preposition à means to, but French requires you to include the article the (la for a feminine noun like salle). Unlike à and le which combine into au, à and la remain as two separate words: à la.