Breakdown of En mi escuela usamos un uniforme azul de lunes a jueves.
en
in
mi
my
nosotros
we
la escuela
the school
Questions & Answers about En mi escuela usamos un uniforme azul de lunes a jueves.
What does en mi escuela literally mean, and why is en used here?
Why is the verb usamos and not something like llevamos for “wear”?
In Latin American Spanish, both verbs can be used with clothes/uniforms:
- usar ropa / usar uniforme – to wear clothes / a uniform
- llevar ropa / llevar uniforme – also to wear clothes / a uniform
Differences/naturalness:
- In much of Latin America, usar uniforme is very common and completely natural.
- In Spain, people tend to say llevar uniforme more often, but usar uniforme is still understood.
So usamos un uniforme azul ≈ we wear a blue uniform or we use a blue uniform (context makes it clearly “wear”).
How is usamos formed, and where is the subject we?