Days of the Week
In Spanish-speaking countries, the week begins on Monday.
- lunes
- Monday
- martes
- Tuesday
- miércoles
- Wednesday
- jueves
- Thursday
- viernes
- Friday
- sábado
- Saturday
- domingo
- Sunday
Notice that the days of the week are not capitalized.
- lunes
- martes
- miércoles
- jueves
- viernes
- sábado
- domingo
The days of the week are all masculine.
- el lunes
- el martes
- el miércoles
- el jueves
- el viernes
- el sábado
- el domingo
When used with the days of the week, the definite article has the special meaning "on."
- No trabajo el lunes.
- I don't work on Monday.
- No trabajo los martes.
- I don't work on Tuesdays.
- Hay una fiesta el miércoles.
- There is a party on Wednesday.
- Hay muchas fiestas los viernes.
- There are many parties on Fridays.
Test yourself.
Days of the week ending in -s do not change form in the plural. Only the article changes.
- el lunes
- los lunes
- el martes
- los martes
- el miércoles
- los miércoles
- el jueves
- los jueves
- el viernes
- los viernes
- el sábado
- los sábados
- el domingo
- los domingos
Use the verb ser to express the day. You will soon learn more about this verb. For now, simply realize that the word "es" is a conjugation of that verb, and is the correct verb in this use.
- ¿Qué día es hoy?
- What day is today?
- Hoy es lunes.
- Today is Monday.
- Mañana es martes.
- Tomorrow is Tuesday.
Notice that the following actions do not occur in the present, but rather in the near future.
- Salimos el lunes.
- We leave on Monday.
- Mañana es domingo.
- Tomorrow is Sunday.
In Spanish, the present tense of the indicative is sometimes used to express the near future. English does this too.
- Salimos el lunes.
- We (will) leave on Monday.
- Mañana es domingo.
- Tomorrow (will be) is Sunday.