Key Phrases
¿Cuál es el día de hoy?
What is the day today?
El próximo mes
Next month
Días de la semana
Weekdays
Skills You'll Learn
Understanding days of the week
Entender los días de la semana
Asking about dates
Preguntar sobre fechas
Learning months of the year
Aprender los meses del año
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Lunes
LOO-nes
Monday
Martes
MAR-tes
Tuesday
Miércoles
mee-ER-ko-les
Wednesday
💬 The accent in [miércoles] shows where the stress goes: say it like (MYEHR-koh-les), not *(mee-ehr-KOH-les).* That same written accent matters in other weekday and month words too, like [sábado].
See breakdown →Jueves
HWE-ves
Thursday
Viernes
VYER-nes
Friday
Sábado
SA-ba-do
Saturday
💬 The written accent in [sábado] marks the stressed syllable: (SAH-bah-doh). Spanish spelling uses these accents to show stress, so they're part of the word, not optional decoration.
See breakdown →Domingo
do-MEEN-go
Sunday
Semana
se-MA-na
Week
Este lunes
ES-te LOO-nes
This monday
💬 With days of the week, Spanish often uses [este/esta] where English uses "this": [este lunes], [esta semana]. You can reuse the pattern with other time words, like [este viernes] or [este mes].
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