Word
Eles estudam na terça-feira e na quarta-feira.
Meaning
They study on Tuesday and on Wednesday.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Eles estudam na terça-feira e na quarta-feira.
e
and
eles
they (m)
em
in / on / at
estudar
to study
Questions & Answers about Eles estudam na terça-feira e na quarta-feira.
Why do we use na before the days of the week to mean 'on'?
In Portuguese, to say that you do something 'on' a certain day, you use the preposition em. Since days of the week from Monday to Friday are feminine nouns, em combines with the feminine word for 'the' (a) to form na. You are literally saying 'in the Tuesday'.
Why is na repeated before both days? Could I just say na terça-feira e quarta-feira?
It is standard in Portuguese grammar to repeat the preposition and article (like na) before each item in a list. Repeating it before quarta-feira sounds much more natural to native speakers than leaving it out.
Do I always have to say the -feira part for Tuesday and Wednesday?
Why aren't terça-feira and quarta-feira capitalized?
Unlike in English, days of the week, months, and seasons are written with lowercase letters in Portuguese unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.