Breakdown of Что ты делаешь в воскресенье?
ты
you (singular)
что
what
делать
to do
в
on / during (a time period)
воскресенье
Sunday
Questions & Answers about Что ты делаешь в воскресенье?
Why is Что pronounced like "shto" instead of "chto"?
In Russian, the word что (what) is almost always pronounced as што. It is one of the most common exceptions to the phonetic rules, so you just have to memorize this pronunciation!
Why does делаешь translate to "are you doing" instead of "do you do"?
Russian only has one present tense. The verb делаешь can mean either "you do" or "you are doing", depending on the context. Because we are asking about upcoming plans, "are you doing" is the most natural English translation.
Why does в translate to "on" here? Doesn't it usually mean "in"?
Yes, в typically means "in" when talking about locations. However, in Russian, when you want to say you are doing something on a specific day of the week, you always use the preposition в.
I learned that days of the week take the Accusative case after в. Why hasn't the ending of воскресенье changed?
You are absolutely right that we use the Accusative case for days of the week here! However, воскресенье (Sunday) is a neuter noun because it ends in -е. In Russian, neuter nouns do not change their endings in the Accusative case, so it looks exactly the same as its standard dictionary form.
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