Las clases terminan los martes y los jueves.

Breakdown of Las clases terminan los martes y los jueves.

y
and
terminar
to finish / to end
la clase
the class
el martes
Tuesday
el jueves
Thursday

Questions & Answers about Las clases terminan los martes y los jueves.

Why does the Spanish sentence use los instead of a word for "on"?
In Spanish, you don't use a preposition like "on" with days of the week. Instead, you use the definite article. You use el for a single day (like "on Tuesday") and los for recurring days (like "on Tuesdays").
Why is it los martes instead of "los marteses"?
Days of the week that already end in -s (Monday through Friday) don't change their spelling when they become plural. You only change the article from el to los. So, el martes is "on Tuesday", and los martes is "on Tuesdays".
Do all days of the week stay exactly the same in the plural?
No! Only the weekdays (Monday to Friday) stay the same because they already end in an -s. Saturday (sábado) and Sunday (domingo) don't end in -s, so they add one to become plural: los sábados and los domingos.
Why is it Las clases if the English translation is just "Classes"?
In Spanish, when you talk about a general noun as the subject of a sentence, you usually need to include the definite article (el, la, los, or las). English drops "the" here, but Spanish requires Las.
How do we know who is doing the action in the verb terminan?
The subject is Las clases (The classes). Since "classes" is plural (like "they"), the verb terminar (to finish) takes the "they" ending for -ar verbs, which is -an, giving us terminan.

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