Un poco de español: Days of the week = Días de la semana
- El primer día de la semana is Monday, which is lunes. It comes from the word luna which means moon, and is also the nombre of Maxi’s puppy.
- Tuesday is martes, which comes from el planeta Marte – Mars.
- Wednesday is miércoles, which comes from el planeta Mercury – Mercurio /mer-coo-rio/.
- Thursday is jueves, which comes from el planeta Júpiter (that’ll be /hoo-pi-ter/ because the “J” has a /h/ sound).
- Friday is viernes, which comes from el planeta Venus /ve-noos/
- Saturday is sábado, which comes from the Jewish festival day the Sabbath.
- Sunday is domingo, which comes from the latín domínicus, meaning “of the lord”.
You can check out a daft video of me singing a días de la semana song on Youtube by clicking here. Claro, there are muchos videos on Youtube to help you learn los días de la semana.
Un poco más: Lo importante es …
Lo importante es … means the important thing is …. (The word “thing” en español es cosa, but it isn’t used here.) So you can put together some frases interesantes, such as:
- The important thing is the hotel:
- Lo importante es el hotel /o-tel/.
- The important thing is the menu:
- Lo importante es el menu /me-noo/
This pattern works with other ideas too.
- Lo interesante es …
- Lo inteligente es … /in-te-li-hen-tay/
- Lo estúpido es … /es-too-pi-do/
Spanglish Fantástico 