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Je lave la voiture le samedi.

Je lave la voiture le samedi.
I wash the car on Saturdays.
From Lesson 60:Daily routine verbs (se lever, s'habiller)·French

Breakdown of Je lave la voiture le samedi.

le samedi
the Saturday
laver
to wash (something)

Questions & Answers about Je lave la voiture le samedi.

Why is it just Je lave and not Je me lave like we learned in this lesson?
Se laver is a reflexive verb, meaning you do the action to yourself (e.g., Je me lave = "I wash myself"). Because you are washing the car (la voiture) and not yourself, you just use the standard verb laver without the reflexive pronoun me.
Why does the English translation say "on Saturdays" (plural) when le samedi is singular?
In French, to talk about a habit or something you do every week, you use the singular definite article le before the day of the week. Le samedi literally means "the Saturday," but it represents a recurring event, so it translates to "on Saturdays" or "every Saturday" in English.
Where is the word for "on"? Shouldn't it be something like "sur le samedi"?
Unlike English, French never uses a preposition like "on" before days of the week. You just use the article le to show it's a repeated habit. If it were a one-time event happening this upcoming Saturday, you would just say samedi with no article at all.
Is laver a regular verb?
Yes! Laver follows the standard rules for regular -er verbs. To match it with je (I), you drop the -er ending and add an -e, giving you Je lave.

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