Queries regarding "On Saturdays", "Sleeping all day"

Question

I have tried understanding the correct constructions for basic "Rutina de Raul" sentences but I feel like I am getting them wrong. Can someone please help... this is not a gratuitous 'getting you to do my tarea" appeal. I really want to understand and advance.

Anway...

"Él no desayuna": is this how you say, in third-person, "he doesn't have breakfast". Also, does "Nunca desayuna" make sense? He never eats breakfast. And the rest...

Todos los diás él cena arroz, carne y ensalada. Va a cine todos los martes. Los sábados el hace deporte. Los domingos él duerme todo el dia.

Thanks

Answer 1

I don't think you need to say "él" so many times. And if you do, you should make sure to include all accents (see sábados sentence).

Answer 2

va al cine...when Spanish talks about something in general, "the movies", "sports", "sex", they include the definite article.

todos los martes (cada martes) could be said simply by "los martes" similar to English.

He goes to the movies on Tuesdays.

cenar=to dine or to have dinner (not to have for dinner) comer para la cena, tener para la cena

I would use comer (to eat) in your sentence.

Todos los días come para la cena arroz...

Los sábados él hace deporte

How is that possible? Wouldn't he have to miss the Skype chat to do so?

You misplaced or omitted the accent on día/días.

Answer 3

I agree with the above posts.

I just want to reiterate that you don't need to say "él" (he) before each action. After you've identified that your talking about Raul, the third-person conjugations confirm that you are still talking about him.

Thank you for your help. I think I am at such an early stage of learning that they are emphasising the pronouns now, only to allow us to drop them later. That's great advice: use it the first time and then let the conjugations do the talking, so to speak. - justinbas, May 26, 2010