Learn Spanish (Spain): Bebo dos litros de agua todos los días.

Bebo dos litros de agua todos los días.

I drink two liters of water every day.

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Why doesn't the sentence start with "yo" for "I"?

In Spanish, the ending of the verb usually tells you who is doing the action. Since bebo already means "I drink", adding yo is unnecessary unless you want to emphasize it (like saying "Well, I drink two liters...").

Why is it just de agua and not del agua?

When talking about a measurement of a substance, you just use de plus the noun, without any word for "the". So "two liters of water" translates perfectly to dos litros de agua.

Why does todos los días mean "every day" when it literally translates to "all the days"?

In Spanish, the most natural way to say "every [time period]" is to use the plural phrase "all the [time periods]". This pattern applies to other time words too, like todas las semanas for "every week" or todos los meses for "every month".

The word días ends in an "a", so why does it use the masculine words todos and los?

The word día is one of the most common exceptions to the Spanish gender rules. Even though it ends in "-a", it is a masculine word, so it must always be paired with masculine words like el, los, or todos.