Learn Hardcore Spanish (Latin America): El miércoles tus gemelos se divertirán en el parque de diversiones todo el día. - On Wednesday your twins will have fun at the amusement park all day.

In Spanish, divertirse is a reflexive verb meaning “to enjoy oneself” or “to have fun.” The pronoun se signals that the action of the verb reflects back on the subject (in this case, “they”). So se divertirán literally means “they will enjoy themselves,” which we idiomatically translate as “they will have fun.”

How is the future tense form se divertirán constructed?

To form the simple future of a reflexive “-ir” verb like divertirse, you:

Take the full infinitive divertir- (drop the “-se”).
Add the future ending for third-person plural (-án), giving divertirán.
Place the reflexive pronoun se right before the conjugated verb: se divertirán.

Why does the sentence begin with El miércoles instead of just Miércoles?

When talking about “on Wednesday” in Spanish, you normally include the definite article el before the day of the week. Omitting it (“Miércoles”) is fine if you’re simply stating what day it is (e.g., “Hoy es miércoles”), but to specify that something happens on that day, you say el miércoles.

Why is it tus gemelos instead of los gemelos tuyos or sus gemelos?

Tus is the standard possessive adjective for “your” (informal, talking to one person) and goes directly before the noun: tus gemelos (“your twins”). Los gemelos tuyos is grammatically correct but sounds more emphatic or colloquial. Sus gemelos would mean “his/her/their twins” or “your (formal) twins,” not “your (informal) twins.”

What’s the difference between parque de diversiones and parque de atracciones?

Both terms mean “amusement park.” In Latin America, parque de diversiones is very common, while parque de atracciones is the preferred term in Spain. They’re interchangeable in meaning.

What does todo el día literally mean, and why is it placed at the end of the sentence?

Todo el día literally means “all day.” In Spanish, expressions of time and duration often come at the end of the sentence for natural flow. You could also say el miércoles tus gemelos se divertirán todo el día en el parque de diversiones, but ending with todo el día feels more idiomatic.

Why does miércoles have an accent mark?

Spanish accent rules require a written accent when the stress falls on the antepenultimate (third-to-last) syllable in a word that ends in a vowel, n, or s. Miércoles (mi-ÉR-co-les) is stressed on its antepenultimate syllable, so it must carry an accent.

Could I use van a divertirse instead of se divertirán to express the future?

Yes. Van a divertirse is the periphrastic future (ir + a + infinitive) and is very common in spoken Spanish to talk about planned or imminent events. It’s less formal than the simple future se divertirán, but both convey “they will have fun.”