Ogni sabato lucido il tavolo di legno e mia madre lucida il comò in camera.

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Breakdown of Ogni sabato lucido il tavolo di legno e mia madre lucida il comò in camera.

• il tavolo: the table
• di: of
• ogni: every

Questions & Answers about Ogni sabato lucido il tavolo di legno e mia madre lucida il comò in camera.

Why does the sentence start with Ogni sabato instead of something like Tutti i sabati?

Ogni sabato means every Saturday and is a very common way to express a repeated action.

• ogni + singular noun = every
  
  • ogni sabato = every Saturday
  • ogni giorno = every day

You can also say tutti i sabati, which means all Saturdays or every Saturday, but ogni sabato is often a little more neutral and compact.

So:

• Ogni sabato lucido il tavolo... = Every Saturday I polish the table...
• Tutti i sabati lucido il tavolo... = I polish the table every Saturday / on all Saturdays

Both are correct.

Why is lucido used for I polish, but lucida for my mother polishes?

They are two different forms of the verb lucidare.

Present tense of lucidare:

• io lucido = I polish
• tu lucidi = you polish
• lui/lei lucida = he/she polishes
• noi lucidiamo = we polish
• voi lucidate = you all polish
• loro lucidano = they polish

So in the sentence:

• lucido matches io (understood, not stated)
• lucida matches mia madre

This is normal in Italian: the verb ending changes depending on the subject.

Why isn’t io included before lucido?