{"id":6674,"date":"2013-04-01T20:12:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T00:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6674"},"modified":"2013-04-01T20:12:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T00:12:45","slug":"study-tip-talk-about-your-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/study-tip-talk-about-your-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Study tip: talk about your routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hey, there! How was Easter? I hope you guys had a good time!<\/p>\n

today’s tip doesn’t require a lot of knowledge of the Spanish language and it works wonders, hace maravillas<\/em> and it is to talk about your routine. Some of us would like to say we live an adventurous life, but most of us have a pretty fixed schedule during the week and that will help you improve your Spanish.<\/p>\n

So let’s start by learning\/reviewing the days of the week. Remember they are masculine in Spanish.<\/p>\n

(el) lunes, (el) martes, (el) mi\u00e9rcoles, (el) jueves, (el) viernes, (el) s\u00e1bado, (el) domingo<\/em><\/p>\n

It is also useful to know how to say the time in Spanish. If you want to review it, click here.<\/p>\n

Now think of some activities that you do daily, like:<\/p>\n

despertarse [to wake up]<\/em>
\nlevantarse [to get up]<\/em>
\ndesayunar [to have breakfast]<\/em>
\npegar una ducha [to take a shower]<\/em>
\nir al trabajo [to go to work]<\/em>
\nalmorzar [to have lunch]<\/em>
\nsalir del trabajo [to leave work]<\/em>
\ncenar [to have dinner]<\/em>
\nacostarse [to go to bed]<\/em><\/p>\n

Try and make sentences in the present like this:<\/p>\n

Me despierto a las siete de la ma\u00f1ana. [I wake up at seven AM.]<\/em>
\nPego una ducha y despu\u00e9s desayuno. [I take a shower and then I have breakfast.]<\/em>
\nVoy al trabajo a las ocho y cuarto. [I go to work at eight-fifteen.]<\/em><\/p>\n

… and so on.<\/p>\n

You can try and say what you did yesterday:<\/p>\n

Ayer me despert\u00e9 a las siete de la ma\u00f1ana. [Yesterday I woke up at seven AM.]<\/em>
\nPegu\u00e9 una ducha y despu\u00e9s desayun\u00e9. [I took a shower and then I had breakfast.]<\/em>
\nFui al trabajo a las ocho y cuarto. [I went to work at eight-fifteen.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Or you can even work with the future using the ir + a + verb<\/strong> structure.<\/p>\n

Ma\u00f1ana voy a despertarme a las diete de la ma\u00f1ana. [Tomorrow I’m going to wake up at seven AM.]<\/em>
\nVoy a pegar una ducha y despu\u00e9s voy a desayunar. [I’m going to take a shower and then I’m going to have breakfast.]<\/em>
\nVoy a trabajar a las ocho y cuarto. [I’m going to work at eight-fifteen.]<\/em><\/p>\n

See how you can make dozens of useful sentences using the same verbs? You can also add the days of the week or periods of the day like por la ma\u00f1ana<\/em> [in the morning], etc.<\/p>\n

So why don’t you tell me what your daily routine is like? I’d LOVE to hear from you, really!<\/p>\n

Nos vemos prontito.<\/p>\n

Want more free resources to\u00a0learn Spanish<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hey, there! How was Easter? I hope you guys had a good time! today’s tip doesn’t require a lot of knowledge of the Spanish language and it works wonders, hace maravillas and it is to talk about your routine. Some of us would like to say we live an adventurous life, but most of us…<\/p>\n

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