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Mis hijos se bañan en la noche.

Mis hijos se bañan en la noche.
My children bathe at night.
From Lesson 58:Reflexive pronouns and verbs (me, te, se, nos)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Mis hijos se bañan en la noche.

en
in / on / at
el hijo
son
mi
my
la noche
the night
bañarse
to bathe

Questions & Answers about Mis hijos se bañan en la noche.

Why is the word se used before bañan?
se is a reflexive pronoun. The verb here is bañarse, which means "to bathe oneself." The se shows that the children are performing the action on themselves. If you just said Mis hijos bañan, someone would wonder who or what they are bathing (like a pet).
Why is the verb bañan and not baña?
Mis hijos (My children) refers to a plural group, which is the equivalent of "they" (ellos). For regular -ar verbs like bañar, the "they" form ends in -an, making it bañan.
Does mis hijos mean "my sons" or "my children"?
It can mean either, but here it means "my children." In Spanish, a mixed group of boys and girls uses the masculine plural form. If a parent only has girls, they would say mis hijas, but a mixed group is always mis hijos.
Why does it say en la noche instead of translating "at" literally?
In Latin American Spanish, en la noche is the standard way to say "at night" or "in the evening." You cannot translate prepositions like "at" or "in" word-for-word between English and Spanish, so it is best to learn en la noche as a set phrase.

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