Questions & Answers about Visito a mis abuelos el domingo.
Why doesn't the sentence start with yo for "I"?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb usually tells you who is doing the action. The -o ending in visito already means "I visit," so you don't need to include the word yo (I) unless you want to add emphasis. Why is there an a after visito? Doesn't that mean "to"?
This is a special rule called the "personal a." In Spanish, whenever the direct receiver of an action is a person (like mis abuelos), you must put an a right before them. It doesn't translate to "to" in English; it's just a placeholder Spanish uses to point out that the object is human. Why is it mis abuelos instead of mi abuelos if it's just one person ("I") visiting them?
In Spanish, possessive words like mi (my) have to match the number of the things or people being owned, not the person who owns them. Because abuelos (grandparents) is plural, you must add an s to make it mis abuelos. Why do we use el before domingo? Does it mean "the Sunday"?
In Spanish, you use the word el (the) with days of the week to say that something happens "on" that day. So, el domingo translates to "on Sunday." You should never use en (in/on) for days of the week! Learn Visito a mis abuelos el domingo and more in Spanish
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