"Du laver mad på mandag."

Translation: You make food on Monday.

[GigiGottwald]

Would "Du laver mad mandag" also be correct, or is the "paa" strictly necessary?

[Xneb]

The på is optional and accepted here :)

[funkytonka]

Why would it be omitted? "Are you cooking Monday?" makes no sense to me but "Are you cooking on Monday?" does

[Jutas]

what about "i" or "om" instead of "på" ?

[Xneb]

When talking about in the future, days of the week take "på", if this sentence was in past tense it would, however, be "Du lavede mad i mandags" (You made food on Monday). If you're talking about a recurring even that happens on a specific day you would use "Du laver mad om mandagen" ("You make food on Mondays")

[rosa_rr]

I so miss that explanation on this lesson though! It is one of the most confusing things of Danish for me.

[GigiGottwald]

Mange tak, Xneb.

[dagummace]

These pronunciations kill me! Is it the audio, or is it typical? Fast sounds like "lay-ver," while slow sounds like "lah-wer." Måndag sounds like "mad-pad." Having a hard time today.

[chris477828]

In English you typically buy food to make a meal or dinner or what ever, you don't make food unless your Monsanto

[Lumen3]

Thanks to Xneb for a clear and practical explanation. I have no access to grammar so rely on comments to understand the peculiarities of the language. So interesting!