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El domingo vimos un pez muy grande en el río.

El domingo vimos un pez muy grande en el río.
On Sunday we saw a very big fish in the river.
From Lesson 139:A day out (el zoo, hacer fotos)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El domingo vimos un pez muy grande en el río.

Why is it El domingo instead of En domingo for 'On Sunday'?
In Spanish, you use the definite article (el or los) before days of the week to say 'on' a certain day. You never use en for this. So, el domingo means 'on Sunday'.
How do we know it means 'we saw' if there is no word for 'we'?
Vimos is the past tense form of the verb ver (to see) that specifically means 'we saw'. Because the verb ending changes for each person, Spanish usually drops the pronoun nosotros (we) since the verb already makes it perfectly clear who did the action.
Why is the word for fish pez here instead of pescado?
Pez is the word for a live animal swimming in the water, like the one in this river. You use pescado once the fish has been caught and is considered food.
Why does the word order change to un pez muy grande instead of un muy grande pez?
In Spanish, adjectives that describe a noun usually come right after the noun, not before it. So instead of saying 'a very big fish', you say 'a fish very big' (un pez muy grande).

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