Il lunedì bevo tè caldo.

Breakdown of Il lunedì bevo tè caldo.

io
I
bere
to drink
il tè
the tea
caldo
hot
il lunedì
the Monday
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Questions & Answers about Il lunedì bevo tè caldo.

Why does Italian use the definite article il before lunedì? In English we say on Mondays without the.

In Italian, to express habitual actions on specific days, you use the definite article + singular day.
Il lunedì = on Mondays or every Monday.
It’s just how Italian marks repetition: the article turns a single day into a recurring event.

Could I use ogni lunedì instead of il lunedì?

Yes. Both mean every Monday:
Ogni lunedì literally means each Monday.
Il lunedì is idiomatic and equally common.
There’s no significant difference in meaning; ogni simply emphasises each occurrence more explicitly.

Why is there no article before tè caldo?

When talking about beverages or food in general with verbs like bere or mangiare, you typically omit the article:
Bevo tè = I drink tea (in general).
If you include an article (e.g. un tè caldo), it makes it a specific item: a cup of hot tea.

What if I say Il lunedì bevo un tè caldo?

That’s perfectly correct but slightly more specific:
un tè caldo = a (single) cup of hot tea.
tè caldo (no article) speaks of tea habitually or generically.

Why do and lunedì have accent marks?

uses a grave accent to distinguish tea from the pronoun te.
lunedì (and other days ending in a stressed vowel) uses an accent on the final syllable to indicate stress.
Leaving them off is a spelling mistake and can cause confusion.

Why aren’t days of the week capitalized in Italian?

In Italian, days of the week are common nouns, so they’re written in lowercase (unless they start a sentence):
lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, etc.

Is the word order tè caldo correct? Could it be caldo tè?

Yes, tè caldo (noun + adjective) is the normal order in Italian:
tè caldo = hot tea.
Putting the adjective first (caldo tè) would sound poetic or archaic, not conversational.

What is the gender of , and does it affect the article?

is masculine, so with an article you’d say:
il tè = the tea
un tè = a tea
In bevo tè caldo the article is dropped because it’s a general statement about tea drinking.