Learn Italian: La pizzeria è chiusa il lunedì. - The pizzeria is closed on Mondays.

La pizzeria è chiusa il lunedì.

The pizzeria is closed on Mondays.

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Questions & Answers about La pizzeria è chiusa il lunedì.

Why does the sentence use il lunedì to mean "on Mondays"?

In Italian, you don't use a preposition like "on" for days of the week. To show that something happens regularly on a certain day (meaning "every Monday" or "on Mondays"), you just put the masculine definite article (il) before the day.

Why does chiusa end in -a here?

Chiusa means "closed" and acts as an adjective describing la pizzeria. Because pizzeria is a feminine singular noun, the adjective must change its ending to match, becoming chiusa instead of the default masculine chiuso.

Why isn't the word lunedì capitalized?

Unlike in English, days of the week and months of the year are not capitalized in Italian unless they are the very first word of a sentence.

What is the purpose of the accent mark on the ì in lunedì?

The accent mark shows you where to put the spoken stress. It tells you to emphasize the final vowel, so it is pronounced loo-ne-DEE. In Italian, all weekdays from Monday to Friday end with this stressed -ì.