Learn Spanish (Spain): Los miércoles como con mi padre. - On Wednesdays I eat with my father.

Los miércoles como con mi padre.

On Wednesdays I eat with my father.

Breakdown of Los miércoles como con mi padre.

con

with / just by (+ -ing)

comer

to eat; to have lunch

el padre

the father

Questions & Answers about Los miércoles como con mi padre.

Why is there no word for "on" in this sentence?

In Spanish, you don't use a literal translation of "on" for days of the week. Instead, you use the article el for a single day, or los for a repeated day. So, los miércoles literally means "the Wednesdays" but translates to "on Wednesdays".

How do I know if miércoles is singular or plural? It already ends in an "s"!

The Spanish days of the week from Monday to Friday already end in -s, so their spelling doesn't change when they become plural. You have to look at the word right before it: el miércoles means "on Wednesday" (one specific day), and los miércoles means "on Wednesdays" (every Wednesday).

Where is the word for "I" before como?

In Spanish, the verb ending tells you who is doing the action. The verb comer (to eat) changes to como to mean "I eat". You don't need to include the word yo (I) unless you want to be extra emphatic or clear up confusion.

Doesn't como also mean "like" or "how"?

Yes! Here, como is an action word meaning "I eat", but it is also a very common word for "like" or "as". Also, if you see it written with an accent mark (cómo), it means "how". You can easily tell which meaning to use based on what makes sense in the rest of the sentence.