0.3.2 Days Flashcards

Basic temporal descriptors; days of the week

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Translate to Spanish:

a day

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un día

day - el día. (“Two days” would be dos días.)

Note that día is masculine even though it ends in an “a”. It’s one of those exceptions you just have to remember. Sorry!

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Translate to Spanish:

all day

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todo el día

all of - todo.

Note that this adjective can become feminine (toda) when modifying a feminine noun. e.g. my whole family - toda mi familia.

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Translate to Spanish:

every day / each day

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todos los días / cada día

every - todos los/las.

Note how the singular adjective todo becomes plural (todos) when describing multiple things, while cada (“each”) remains singular.

Another example could be “all my sisters” (every sister) - todas mis hermanas. You probably wouldn’t say cada una de mis hermanas unless you were more meticulously describing one at a time (in the same way that saying “each of my sisters” is a bit more rare in English).

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Translate to Spanish:

Everything is beautiful.

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Todo es hermoso.

everything - todo.

Note how the word todo, when not used as an adjective modifying another word, can serve a standalone pronoun translating to the english word “everything”.

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Translate to Spanish:

Everyone here is from Spain.

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Todas aquí son de España.

everyone - todos.

Note how this word for “everyone” is treated as plural in Spanish.

e.g. While in English we’d say “Everyone is”, in Spanish we say Todos son (rather than es).

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Translate to Spanish:

the morning

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la mañana

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Translate to Spanish:

the afternoon / the evening

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la tarde

Note that la tarde can refer to both afternoon or evening, depending on context. Also remember that buenas tardes can refer to “good afternoon” or “good evening” (as long as it’s still not fully dark out).

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Translate to Spanish:

night

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la noche

“Two nights” would be dos noches. Etc.

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Translate to Spanish:

today

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hoy

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Translate to Spanish:

tomorrow

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mañana

Note that this is the same Spanish word as we use for “morning”, but without the article. It’s usually obvious by context whether mañana means “tomorrow” or “morning”.

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Translate to Spanish:

this morning

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esta mañana

You could also technically say hoy por la mañana.

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Translate to Spanish:

tomorrow morning

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mañana por la mañana

You can also say mañana en la mañana. Use of en vs por, in the context of time of day, varies based on region and situation.

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Translate to Spanish:

yesterday

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ayer

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Hombre: ¿Cuándo?

Mujer: Mañana por la noche.

Translation: “When?” / “Tomorrow night.”

Note that ¿Cuándo? means “When”.

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Mujer: ¿Cuándo?

Hombre: Ayer por la tarde.

Translation: “When?” / “Yesterday afternoon.”

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Translate to Spanish:

tonight

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esta noche

In Spanish, there’s not a neat single word for “tonight” like there is in English, so we basically need to say it like “this night” - esta noche.

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Translate to Spanish:

last night

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anoche

Literally, this could also be ayer por la noche, but the short way to say it in Spanish is just with the single word anoche.

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Hombre: ¿Cuándo?

Mujer: ¡Todas las noches!

Translation: “When?” / “Every night!”

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Mujer: ¿Cuándo?

Hombre: Hoy en la tarde.

Translation: “When?” / “This afternoon”

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Mujer: ¿Cuándo - esta noche?

Hombre: No, mañana por la noche.

Translation: “When - tonight?” / “No, tomorrow night.”

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Hombre: ¿Cuándo - ayer por la mañana?

Mujer: No, ayer por la noche.

Translation: “When - yesterday morning?” / “No, last night.”

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Translate to Spanish:

a week

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una semana

week - la semana

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in two weeks

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en dos semanas

Note how you can just use the word en (“in”) to convey when something happens in the future. (e.g. “In three days” - en tres días.)

24
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Recite the 7 days of the week in Spanish

(starting on Mon.)

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  • lunes
  • martes
  • miércoles
  • jueves
  • viernes
  • sábado
  • domingo

Note that in Spanish (and most countries besides the U.S.), Monday is the first day of the week.

Also note that the days of the week in Spanish are not capitalized.

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Translate to Spanish:

the weekend

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el fin de semana

This literally translates to “the end of the week”.

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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Hombre: ¿Cuándo?

Mujer: El miércoles por la mañana.

Translation: “When?” / “On Wednesday morning.”

Note how in Spanish, they don’t say “on” (en) Wednesday but rather just use the definite article (el). e.g. “On Saturday” - el sábado.

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Translate to Spanish:

every Friday

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todos los viernes

Note that we must use the plural definite article los to indicate multiple Fridays, but that in this case, the noun viernes does NOT become plural like in other cases.

Days of the week never change to become plural in Spanish despite the use of the plural article. e.g. You’d never say todos los vierneses X.

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[What is being said in the audio recording?]

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¡Hasta mañana!

Translation: “See you tomorrow!”

(Literally, “until tomorrow”)