Learn Italian: Venerdì sera c'è una festa. - There is a party on Friday evening.

Venerdì sera c'è una festa.

There is a party on Friday evening.

Breakdown of Venerdì sera c'è una festa.

Questions & Answers about Venerdì sera c'è una festa.

Why isn't there a word for 'on' before Venerdì?

In Italian, you don't use a preposition like 'on' before days of the week to say when an event happens. You just state the day. So 'on Friday evening' is simply Venerdì sera.

Why does Venerdì have an accent mark at the end?

The accent mark tells you to put your spoken stress on that final syllable (veh-ner-DEE). In Italian, all the weekdays from Monday to Friday end with this accented -dì.

What exactly is c'è?

C'è means 'there is'. It is a combination of ci (there) and è (is, from the verb essere). Because è starts with a vowel, the i in ci is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe.

Could I say ci sono instead of c'è here?

Not in this sentence. You use c'è (there is) because it is followed by a singular noun, una festa (a party). If you were talking about multiple parties, you would use ci sono (there are).