Word
¿Qué haces el martes?
Meaning
What are you doing on Tuesday?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about ¿Qué haces el martes?
Why does the sentence use el instead of a word for "on"?
In Spanish, you don't use a preposition like "on" before days of the week. Instead, you just use the masculine word for "the", which is el. So, el martes translates to "on Tuesday".
Does the "s" at the end of martes mean we are talking about multiple Tuesdays?
Why does the sentence use the present tense haces if Tuesday is in the future?
Just like in English when we say "What are you doing on Tuesday?", Spanish often uses the present tense to talk about future plans that are already scheduled or happening soon.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
It is built directly into the verb haces. Haces is the "you" (informal) form of the verb hacer (to do). Because the ending already tells us exactly who is doing the action, you don't need to include the word tú (you).