You will notice that Spanish days are not capitalized; they are treated like ordinary words. They are capitalized when starting a sentence or standing alone, such as when used in a calendar. However, el often, but not always, precedes the day in question.
No me gustan los lunes. (I don’t like Mondays)
Sábado es el mejor día de la semana. (Saturday is the best day of the week.)
El domingo es para descansar. (Sunday is for rest.)
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Have (tener) is our second word / phrase base in the essentials catagory when it comes to basic Spanish communication, as being able to ask if something is available is of vital importance to the traveler.
Here is a link to the first of the “essentials” where: donde.
You will notice in the examples below that tener, being a verb, has different conjugations based on the "person" it refers to. What’s cool about this is that you don’t need to include the pronoun when speaking, it’s built into, or "implied," in the verb. For example, you don’t need to say, ¿Usted tiene una pluma? (Do you have a pen?) You would simply ask, "¿Tiene una pluma? We will be using Usted for "you" in the examples below because it’s polite when asking something of someone you don’t know.
Note that a few of the examples below use have / tener to describe how one is feeling. That is because in Spanish you do not say I am hungry or I am tired. You would say, I have hunger or I have sleepy. This took me awhile to get used to, but this usage actually makes more sense than its English counterpart.
¿Dónde es/está? or Where is? This is one of the most useful
phrase bases for would-be travelers. This simple phrase will allow you to
ask for directions in Spanish, and even if you don’t understand the
full reply, you will most likely be pointed in the right direction.
