El domingo preparamos el almuerzo juntos.

On Sunday we prepare lunch together.

Breakdown of El domingo preparamos el almuerzo juntos.

• nosotros: we
• juntos: together
• preparar: to prepare
• el almuerzo: the lunch

Questions & Answers about El domingo preparamos el almuerzo juntos.

Why is there a definite article El before domingo instead of just domingo?

In Spanish, days of the week usually take the definite article when referring to a specific day (equivalent to “on Sunday”). You say El domingo to mean “this past Sunday” or “on Sunday.” If you want to express a habitual action, you’d pluralize and say los domingos (“on Sundays”).

What tense is preparamos? Does it mean “we prepare” or “we prepared”?

The form preparamos is identical for the present tense (“we prepare”) and the preterite past tense (“we prepared”). Context determines the meaning. Since the sentence starts with El domingo (a time marker), it refers to a completed action in the past: “we prepared.”

Why isn’t there an accent mark on preparamos to distinguish the tense?

Spanish accent rules don’t require a written accent for the 1st-person plural of –ar verbs, neither in the present nor in the preterite. Both are spelled preparamos, and context alone tells you which tense it is.

Why isn’t nosotros included before preparamos? Wouldn’t “Nosotros preparamos” be clearer?