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Tenemos el partido los sábados.

Tenemos el partido los sábados.
We have the match on Saturdays.
From Lesson 44:Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Tenemos el partido los sábados.

tener
to have
el partido
the match
el sábado
the Saturday

Questions & Answers about Tenemos el partido los sábados.

Why does the sentence use los sábados instead of a word like "en" for "on Saturdays"?
In Spanish, you don't use a preposition like "on" for days of the week. Instead, you use the definite article (el for a single day, los for plural days). So, los sábados literally translates as "the Saturdays" but naturally means "on Saturdays" in English.
How do you make days of the week plural? Is it always just adding an -s?
For days ending in a vowel, like sábado or domingo, you just add an -s to make sábados or domingos. But for weekdays that already end in an -s (like lunes or martes), the spelling of the day doesn't change at all! You only change the article to plural, for example, los lunes (on Mondays).
Where is the word for "we" in this sentence?
The verb tenemos is the "we" form of the verb tener (to have). Because Spanish verb endings change depending on who is doing the action, the pronoun nosotros (we) is usually dropped. The verb alone tells us exactly who is having the match.
Does el partido mean "the party"?
No, el partido refers to a sports match, a game, or a political party. If you are talking about a celebration with music or friends, you would use the word la fiesta.

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