How do you describe what you do each day?

Question

how do you start to describe what you do each day how do you start that

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Answer 1

You would probably start by saying "Todos los días," and then go through a series of actions you do each day, like waking up, getting out of bed, showering, brushing your teeth, eating breakfast. You'll likely use lots of reflexive verbs.

Answer 2

In my Spanish class, I have to do this a lot. I'm not entirely sure why, since I rarely talk about what I do each day on a daily basis. Anyway, you would probably use things such as "Me levanté a las siete" (I wake up at seven), Me ducho (take a shower), me afeito/me maquillo (i shave, put makeup on), tomar el desayuno/almuerzo/la cena (to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner), etc. It doesn't have to be a list of reflexive verbs, though. You could go into more detail about things that you do, talk about, etc.

Answer 3

Please feel free to type something up and post it. We can help you edit it and give you ideas!

Answer 4

You can also use the verb soler which means ''to be accustomed to''' doing:something.

Suelo levantarme a las siete y media de la mañana

= I usually get up at 7:30 in the morning

Or you can use siempre = always

Siempre me despierto a las ocho de la mañana

= I always wake up at 8 o'clock in the morning

Siempre desayuno antes de ir al trabajo

= I always eat breakfast before going to work

or you can use: todos los días = every day

Cojo el autobús al trabajo todos los días

I take the bus to work every day. The verb Coger is used in Spain but tomo from the verb tomar is used instead in Mexico and some parts of South and Central America because the verb coger is considered to have negative connotations. This is an example of regional variations in use of verbs.

These are just some of the many ways you can talk about your daily routine

I hope these examples help

Corrijan mi español, por favor

Answer 5

I had this exercise in my Spanish class and the issue was that we needed to understand the imperfect form of the verbs.

The point is that if something is done habitually, you need to use the imperfect form of the verb.

Here is what Wikipedia says: The imperfect, often inaccurately called the imperfect tense in the classical grammars of several Indo-European languages, denotes a grammatical combination of past tense and imperfective aspect, and so may be more precisely called past imperfective.[1] In English, the term refers a form of the verb that combines past tense with similar aspects, such as incomplete, continuous, habitual, or coincident with another action.

Key word: habitual.

Hablaba a mi madre cada día. I speak to my mother each day. Bebía zumo cada mañana. I drink juice each morning.

And, my personal favorite because it just sounds so great...

Trabajaba en dos esculas cada mañana. I work in two schools each morning.

Answer 6

The point is that if something is done habitually, you need to use the imperfect form of the verb.

Habitual actions in the past that continue to the present and probably the future are most commonly expressed in the present tense in both English and Spanish.