¿Qué día es hoy? (What day is today?)

Learning Objectives Recite the seven days of the week in Spanish. Ask the question '¿Qué día es hoy?'. Answer the question with 'Hoy es [day]'. Identify the days of the week in writing. Place the days of the week in the correct order. Identify 'ayer' (yesterday) and 'mañana' (tomorrow). Do you know what day it is today? 🗓️ Let's learn how to ask and answer in Spanish! We will learn the seven days of the week. We will also learn a special question. It helps us know what day it is every day! Real-World Applications Knowing when you have art class 🎨 Telling a friend about a party on Saturday 🎈 Counting the days until your birthday 🎂 Knowing when the fun weekend starts 🎉

TermDefinitionExample DíaThis means 'day' in Spanish. ☀️Hoy es un buen día. (Today is a good day.) SemanaThis means 'week'. A week has seven days. 🗓️Hay siete días en la semana. (There are seven days in the week.) HoyThis means 'today'. It is the day we are in right now. 👉Hoy es lunes. (Today is Monday.) MañanaThis means 'tomorrow'. It is the day after today. 🌅Si hoy es lunes, mañana es martes. (If today is Monday, tomorrow is Tuesday.) AyerThis means 'yesterday'. It is the day before today. 🌇Si hoy es martes, ayer fue lunes. (If today is Tuesday, yesterday was Monday.) Fin de semanaThis means 'weekend'. It is Saturday and Sunday. 🥳¡Me gusta el fin de semana! (I like the weekend!)

Asking What Day It Is ¿Qué día es hoy? Use this exact question to ask 'What day is today?'. The question marks go at the beginning (upside down) and the end. Answering the Question Hoy es [day of the week]. Always start your answer with 'Hoy es...' which means 'Today is...'. Then, say the day. Days are Not Capitalized lunes, martes, miércoles... In Spanish, we do not use a big letter to start the days of the week, like we do in English. They always start with a small letter.