Breakdown of Descanso el martes y el jueves.
Questions & Answers about Descanso el martes y el jueves.
Why does the sentence use el instead of a word for "on"?
In Spanish, you don't use a preposition like "on" for days of the week. Instead, you just use the definite masculine article el (the). So, el martes literally means "the Tuesday", but in English, it translates to "on Tuesday". Since martes and jueves end in an "s", are they plural here?
No, they are singular! In Spanish, the days of the week from Monday to Friday naturally end in "s" (lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes). To make them plural (like "on Tuesdays"), you don't add another "s" to the word itself; you just change the article to plural: los martes. Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
The word for "I" is yo, but it is usually dropped in Spanish. The verb descanso (I rest) ends in "-o", which already tells us that "I" am doing the action. You could say yo descanso, but leaving yo out is much more natural. Do I have to repeat el before both days, or could I say el martes y jueves?
You need to repeat it. In Spanish, it is the standard rule to use the article before every single day in a list, so el martes y el jueves is the correct and natural way to say it. Learn Descanso el martes y el jueves and more in Spanish
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