Spanish · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 17
Los días de la semanaThe days of the week
The days of the week: lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes (plus sábado and domingo). In Spanish they are written in lowercase and are masculine: el lunes. For "on Monday" you use the article, NOT "en": Tengo clase el lunes. The question is ¿Qué día es hoy? — Hoy es lunes. New vocabulary: día, semana, lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, hoy, mañana, fin de semana.
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¿En lunes o el lunes?— en lunes or el lunes?
- CarlosMike, ¿cuándo tienes clase?Mike, when do you have class?
- MikeTengo clase en lunes.I have class on Monday. (slip: for "on Monday" Spanish uses the article — say "el lunes", not "en lunes")
- CarlosSin "en": el lunes. El artículo ya dice "on".No "en": el lunes. The article already means "on".
- MikeClaro: tengo clase el lunes y el miércoles.Right: I have class on Monday and Wednesday.
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El fin de semana— The Weekend
- LucíaCarlos, ¿qué día es hoy?Carlos, what day is it today?
- CarlosHoy es viernes. Mañana es el fin de semana.Today is Friday. Tomorrow it's the weekend.
- Lucía¡Qué bien! ¿Tienes clase el sábado?Great! Do you have class on Saturday?
- CarlosNo, el sábado y el domingo no tengo clase.No, on Saturday and Sunday I don't have class.
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- día
n.m.day (m)
- semana
n.f.week (f)
- lunes
n.m.Monday (m)
- martes
n.m.Tuesday (m)
- miércoles
n.m.Wednesday (m)
- jueves
n.m.Thursday (m)
- viernes
n.m.Friday (m)
- hoy
adverbtoday
- mañana
n.f.tomorrow; morning
- fin de semana
n.m.weekend (m)
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The days: "el lunes"
Explanation
The days of the week are masculine and written in LOWERCASE (unlike English): lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo. To say "on Monday" Spanish does NOT use a preposition like "en"; it uses the article "el": Tengo clase el lunes (I have class on Monday). In the plural, "los lunes" = "on Mondays" (every Monday). To ask the day: ¿Qué día es hoy? — Hoy es lunes (no article when it's today's day). "Hoy" (today) and "mañana" (tomorrow) take no article. The weekend = Saturday and Sunday.
Examples
- ¿Qué día es hoy? — Hoy es miércoles.What day is it today? — Today is Wednesday.
- Tengo clase el lunes y el jueves.I have class on Monday and Thursday.
- Mañana es viernes. ¡El fin de semana!Tomorrow is Friday. The weekend!
- La semana tiene siete días.The week has seven days.
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