Why is vacation plural in spanish

I don't think most English-speaking people would have heard the English version. As I said to Chilotin, it is a rather contrived example, and I would have caused less distraction if I had not used it. I did check, and the RAE does support its use, but I gather that it is extremely rare. At least this agrees with what my Spanish teacher taught me. Also, I have been learning catalan and I have noticed that they use "vacances" plural , as do the French. Get started. Why use "usas vacaciones" for "a vacation"?

SarahSande2 Plus. March 18, Lingots for you, very helpful and informative post. Manuel March 19, Chilotin Is it from the verb "vacacionar"? March 20, In the example above, for example, you see the perfect tense ha ido de vacaciones has gone on vacation.

But you can also use other tenses. The following example includes the reflexive pronoun me, the preposition de, and the first-person singular form of the verb ir to go in present tense, which is voy I go :. Caption 62, Cuentas claras - Sobreviviendo enero - Part 1. But you can use other verbs too. You can use the verb estar to be , for example, which doesn't need the use of reflexive pronouns:.

Or the verb tomar to take , which doesn't need the preposition de and can be used with or without a reflexive pronoun:. Captions , Gonzalo el Pintor - Vida - Part 2. Also very common is the use of the verb andar literally "to walk" : Genaro anda de vacaciones. Genaro is on vacation. Or venir to come , which needs the preposition de and could take a reflexive pronoun:. Caption 2, Clara y Cristina - Hablan de actividades. I would think it would be " Creo que me voy a tomar una vacacione esta semana.

What up? It's one of those words that only exist in plural form, like gafas glasses or tijeras scissors. Edit: just checked this in the RAE. We do have the singular tijeras in Spanish.

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