Learn Spanish (Spain): El martes visito el museo. - On Tuesday I visit the museum.

El martes visito el museo.

On Tuesday I visit the museum.

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Questions & Answers about El martes visito el museo.

Why do we use el before martes? Doesn't that mean "the Tuesday"?

Yes, it literally translates to "the Tuesday". In Spanish, you don't use a preposition like "on" for days of the week. Instead, you just use the masculine article el. So, to say "on Tuesday", you say el martes.

Martes ends in 's'. Does this mean "on Tuesdays" (plural)?

Not in this sentence! The Spanish word for Tuesday, martes, naturally ends in 's' even when it is singular. You can tell it means "on Tuesday" (singular) here because it uses the singular article el. To say "on Tuesdays", you would change the article to plural and say los martes.

Why isn't martes capitalized here?

Unlike in English, days of the week are written with lowercase letters in Spanish, unless they happen to be the very first word of a sentence.

Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?

It is built right into the verb! The word yo (I) is dropped because the -o ending on the verb visito already makes it perfectly clear that "I" am the one doing the visiting.