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.
Could I use ogni lunedì instead of il lunedì?
Why is there no article before tè caldo?
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 tè and lunedì have accent marks?
Why aren’t days of the week capitalized in Italian?
Is the word order tè caldo correct? Could it be caldo tè?
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