Breakdown of En octubre, el partido importante es el domingo.
ser
to be
en
in / on / at
importante
important
el domingo
Sunday
el partido
the game / the match
octubre
October
Questions & Answers about En octubre, el partido importante es el domingo.
Why aren't octubre and domingo capitalized?
Do we use en for months just like we use "in" in English?
Yes! To say that something happens "in" a certain month, you use en before the month name. For example, en octubre perfectly matches "in October."
Why does the sentence use el domingo instead of "en domingo" for "on Sunday"?
In Spanish, you don't use a preposition like "on" for days of the week. Instead, you use the definite article el (the). So, el domingo literally means "the Sunday," but it is the correct way to say "on Sunday."
Why is it el partido importante instead of "el importante partido"?
In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) usually come right after the thing they are describing. So the noun for game (partido) comes first, followed by the adjective for important (importante).
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