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¿Las zanahorias? Las compro los lunes.

¿Las zanahorias? Las compro los lunes.
The carrots? I buy them on Mondays.
From Lesson 67:Fresh Produce·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Las zanahorias? Las compro los lunes.

comprar
to buy
el lunes
the Monday
las
them (f)
la zanahoria
the carrot

Questions & Answers about ¿Las zanahorias? Las compro los lunes.

Why does las come before compro?
In Spanish, pronouns that replace the object of a sentence (like las, meaning "them") are placed directly before the conjugated verb. So, instead of the English word order "I buy them", Spanish uses "Them I buy" (Las compro).
How do we know to use las for "them"?
The pronoun must match the gender and number of the noun it replaces. Because las zanahorias (the carrots) is feminine and plural, we use the feminine plural pronoun las. If we were talking about tomatoes (los tomates), we would use the masculine plural and say los compro.
Why is there no word for "on" in los lunes?
In Spanish, you do not use a preposition like "on" for days of the week. Instead, you just use the definite article "the". To say "on Monday", you use the singular el lunes, and to say "on Mondays" (meaning every Monday), you use the plural los lunes.
Why doesn't lunes get an extra "s" at the end to make it plural?
Days of the week that already end in an "s" (from Monday to Friday, like lunes and martes) do not change their spelling in the plural. You simply change the article from el to los to show that you mean "Mondays" instead of just "Monday".

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