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Ellos visitan el hospital el lunes y el viernes.

Ellos visitan el hospital el lunes y el viernes.
They visit the hospital on Monday and Friday.
From Lesson 29:Days of the week·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Ellos visitan el hospital el lunes y el viernes.

y
and
ellos
they
el hospital
the hospital
el lunes
Monday
visitar
to visit
el viernes
Friday

Questions & Answers about Ellos visitan el hospital el lunes y el viernes.

Why does it say el lunes when the English translation says 'on Monday'?
In Spanish, you don't use a word like 'on' before days of the week. Instead, you use the masculine definite article el (the). So, el lunes literally means 'the Monday', but it is the correct way to say 'on Monday'.
Why do we need another el before viernes? English just says 'and Friday'.
In Spanish, when you list days of the week, you must repeat the article el before each one. Saying el lunes y viernes sounds incomplete, so we say el lunes y el viernes.
Lunes and viernes end in 's'. Does that mean they are plural here?
No, they are singular! The Spanish words for the weekdays from Monday to Friday naturally end in 's' (lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes). If you wanted to say 'on Mondays' (plural), you would change the article to los, making it los lunes.
Is hospital pronounced the same way as in English?
It is spelled the exact same way, but pronounced differently! In Spanish, the letter 'h' is always silent, so it sounds like 'os-pee-TAL'. The spoken emphasis also goes on the very last syllable, unlike in English where we stress the first syllable.

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