Dissabte vaig al cinema amb una amiga.

On Saturday I am going to the cinema with a friend.

Breakdown of Dissabte vaig al cinema amb una amiga.

• un: a
• l'amic: the friend
• amb: with
• a: to

Questions & Answers about Dissabte vaig al cinema amb una amiga.

Why is there no word for on before Dissabte?

In Catalan, you often do not need a preposition before a day of the week when you mean on Saturday, on Monday, and so on.

So:

• Dissabte vaig al cinema = On Saturday I go to the cinema

This is very normal in Catalan.

A useful contrast:

• dissabte often refers to one specific Saturday, depending on context
• els dissabtes = on Saturdays / every Saturday

So if you wanted a habitual meaning, Catalan would usually make that clearer.

Why is Dissabte capitalized? Aren’t days of the week usually lowercase in Catalan?

Yes. In Catalan, days of the week are normally written in lowercase:

• dissabte
• diumenge
• dilluns

It is capitalized here only because it is the first word of the sentence.

So inside a sentence, you would normally write:

• Vaig al cinema dissabte.

Why does vaig mean I go here? I thought vaig was part of the past tense.