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Siempre descanso el domingo porque la semana es larga.

Siempre descanso el domingo porque la semana es larga.
I always rest on Sunday because the week is long.
From Lesson 29:Days of the week·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Siempre descanso el domingo porque la semana es larga.

ser
to be
largo
long
siempre
always
descansar
to rest
porque
because
el domingo
Sunday
la semana
week

Questions & Answers about Siempre descanso el domingo porque la semana es larga.

Why do we use el domingo to say 'on Sunday'?
In Spanish, you do not use a word like en (in/on) for days of the week. Instead, you just use the definite article (el for a single day, or los for plural days). So, el domingo literally means 'the Sunday' but translates to 'on Sunday' in English.
Does larga mean 'large'?
No, larga is a false friend—a word that looks like English but means something else. Largo or larga actually means 'long'. If you want to say 'large' or 'big', you use the word grande. Since semana (week) is a feminine word, we use the matching feminine form larga.
Why isn't there a word for 'I' before descanso?
The word for 'I' (yo) is built into the verb itself. The verb descansar (to rest) changes to descanso when you want to say 'I rest'. Because the -o ending already makes it 100% clear who is doing the resting, native Spanish speakers usually drop the yo.
Why is porque written as one word here?
When it is written as one single word without an accent mark (porque), it means 'because'. If you want to ask a question and say 'why', you write it as two separate words with an accent mark over the e: por qué.

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