¿Por qué no visitamos la playa los domingos?

Breakdown of ¿Por qué no visitamos la playa los domingos?

no
no, not
la playa
the beach
por qué
why
visitar
to visit
el domingo
Sunday

Questions & Answers about ¿Por qué no visitamos la playa los domingos?

Why does it say los domingos instead of using a word for 'on'?
In Spanish, you don't use a word like 'on' before days of the week. Instead, you just use the definite article (el for a single day, los for multiple days). So, los domingos translates perfectly to 'on Sundays'.
How do you make days of the week plural?
For days that end in a vowel, like domingo (Sunday), you just add an -s to make it domingos. But remember, for weekdays that already end in an -s (like lunes or martes), the day word itself doesn't change. You only change the article from el to los (for example, los lunes).
Where is the word for 'we' in this sentence?
It's built right into the verb! Visitamos is the 'we' form of visitar (to visit). Because the -amos ending already tells us who is doing the action, the pronoun nosotros (we) is usually left out to sound more natural.
Why is por qué written as two words with an accent mark here?
When it means 'why' in a question, it is always written as two separate words with an accent on the e: por qué. If you see it written as one word with no accent (porque), it means 'because'.

Learn ¿Por qué no visitamos la playa los domingos and more in Spanish

All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.

  • Practice with interactive exercises
  • Track your progress with spaced repetition
  • Learn at your own pace — completely free