DAYS OF THE WEEK


Note:  In Spanish, the days of the week are NOT capitalized as they are in English.  Also, ALL the days of the week in Spanish are masculine nouns.

The 7 days of the week:
	Sunday:  domingo   (el domingo)
	Monday:  lunes   (el lunes)
	Tuesday:  martes   (el martes)
	Wednesday:  miercoles   (el miercoles)
	Thursday:  jueves   (el jueves)
	Friday:  viernes   (el viernes)
	Saturday:  sabado   (el sabado)


Other useful 'day' vocabulary:
	Today:  hoy
	Tomorrow:  maana
	Yesterday:  ayer
	The day before yesterday:  anteayer
	The day after tomorrow:  pasado maana
	Everyday:  todos los das
	Every other day:  un da s y otro no


To say that something will happen on a certain day, include the 'el':
	Llegars el miercoles.  (You will arrive on Wednesday.)
	Llegar el domingo.  (He will arrive on Sunday.)


To say that something happens routinely on a certain day, include 'los':
	Ella patina los lunes.  (She skates on Mondays.)
	Yo boxeo los viernes.  (I box on Fridays.)
	No trabajamos los domingos.  (We don't work on Sundays.)


To say that something happens 'every Friday', 'every Sunday', etc., include 'todos los':
	Ella patina todos los lunes.  (She skates every Monday.)
	Yo boxeo todos los viernes.  (I box every Friday.)
	Ellos manejan todos los sabados.  (They drive every Saturday.)


To say that something happens every single day, use 'todos los dias':
	Ella patina todos los das.  (She skates everyday.)
	Camino todos los das.  (I walk everyday.)


To say that something happens every other day, use 'un da s y otro no':
	Ella patina un da s y otro no.  (She skates every other day.)


To say 'last Monday', 'last Wednesday', etc., use 'pasado' after the day of the week:
	Mi sobrina naci el lunes pasado.  (My niece was born last Monday.)
	Ellos trabajaron el sabado pasado.  (They worked last Saturday.)