Learn Spanish (Spain): Hacemos la cena tarde.

Hacemos la cena tarde.

We make dinner late.

Breakdown of Hacemos la cena tarde.

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Questions & Answers about Hacemos la cena tarde.

I learned that "hacer" is irregular and becomes "hago". Why is it "hacemos" here instead of "hagemos"?

While the "I" form of hacer is irregular (hago), the other forms are completely regular. The "we" form just takes the standard stem hac- and adds the regular -emos ending to make hacemos.

Does hacemos mean "we do" or "we make"?

It means both! The verb hacer translates to both "to do" and "to make" in English. You can tell from the context of la cena (the dinner) that "we make" is the right translation here.

Why is there a la before cena? We do not say "we make the dinner" in English.

Spanish uses definite articles like el and la much more often than English does. When talking about meals like dinner (la cena), breakfast (el desayuno), or lunch (la comida), you almost always include the article in Spanish.

Since this is Spanish from Spain, how do I pronounce the "c" in hacemos and cena?

In most of Spain, when the letter "c" comes right before an "e" or an "i", it is pronounced with a "th" sound, like in the English word "think".