Breakdown of Le dimanche, nous faisons de la natation à la piscine.
nous
we
à
at
la piscine
the pool
le dimanche
the Sunday
Questions & Answers about Le dimanche, nous faisons de la natation à la piscine.
Why does the sentence start with Le dimanche and not just Dimanche?
In French, le + day of the week is the usual way to talk about a regular, repeated activity:
- Le dimanche, nous faisons de la natation. = On Sundays, we go swimming. (every Sunday, as a habit)
- Dimanche, nous ferons de la natation. = On Sunday, we will go swimming. (a specific Sunday)
So le dimanche here means the action is habitual, not just one particular Sunday.
Could you also say Tous les dimanches, nous faisons de la natation…? Is there a difference from Le dimanche…?
Yes, you can say both:
They both express a regular habit. Tous les dimanches (every Sunday) is a bit more explicit and slightly stronger, but in everyday speech the difference is small. Le dimanche is often enough to mean “on Sundays (in general).”
Why is the verb faisons and not something like nageons if it means “we go swimming”?